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The magnificent series of eggs of this species in the Collection 

 was arranged in groups by the late Mr. Seebohm and represents 

 some thirty types or variations of coloration. 



The eggs vary from 3 to 3-5 in length, and from 1/8 to 2 in 

 breadth. Specimens of abnormal size are not included in these 

 measurements. The smallest egg in the Collection measures 1*5 

 by 1-12. 



1. Labrador (H. Bryant : Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.}. 



14. Rathlin Island, Ireland. R. Lloyd Patterson, Esq. [P.]. 



40. Saltee Islands, Ireland, May (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm}. 



4. St. Kilda, June (C. Dixori). Seebohm Coll. 



14. Faroe Islands (H. C. Midler : Har- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.}. 



2. Orkneys. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Copinsha, Orkneys, June. Seebohm Coll. 

 25. Copinsha (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Bass Rock (H. Seebohm}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Deebank, Aberdeen (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. '" 



1. England. J. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Earn Islands. W. Thorburn, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Earn Islands, June. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 114. Earn Islands, June (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



23. Earn Islands, June (H. Seebohm}.' Seebohm Coll. 



147. Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire (H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



145. Bempton Cliffs (H. S. : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



4. Scarborough. W. Rooke, Esq. [P.]. 



31. Flamborough Head. Lord Londesborough [P.]. 



14. St. Davids, Wales, May & June. Seebohm Coll. 



Uria ealifornica (Bryant). 



Uria troile ealifornica, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 



p. 483 (1884) ; Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 45 (1887). 

 Uria troile, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 573, part. (1898). 

 Uria ealifornica, Sharpe, Hand- 1. i. p. 130 (1899). 



The five eggs of the Californian Guillemot in the Collection are 

 of different types, all of which can, however, be matched by eggs 

 of U. troile. 



2. N. America (W. Frazer}. Purchased. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Earallone Islands, California (F'. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Grueber : Henshaw Coll.}. 



Uria lomvia (Pall.}. 



Uria lorn via, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. iic. fig. !,-<? (1845-54); 



Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 577 part. (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 130 (1899). 



Uria arra, Baedeker, Eier Enr. Vog. tab. 69. :h>. 2 (1855-63). 

 Uria brunnichii, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 460, pi cxxv. (1856). 



