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CUCTTLIDJE. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Eggs of the Common Cuckoo in the Collection disassociated from 



those of the foster-parents. 

 2. Middlesex. 



4. Finchley, Middlesex (O. &) 



1. Hampstead, Middlesex (0. 8.}. 



1. Avington, Hants (G. E. Shelley}. 



5. Holland. 



2. Stolp, Pomerania (T. Holland}. 



2. Dhurumsala, Himalayas, 29th May 



(R. C. Cock). 

 1. Murri, Himalayas, 13th June 



(C. H. T. Marshall}. 

 1. Kotgarh, Himalayas, 12th May 



(Capt. Blair}. 



Among these specimens there is one which, but for its size, 

 might be taken for the egg of Fringilla codebs ; several which have 

 a white ground-colour spotted and mottled with lilac-red and 

 lavender ; and one with a pinkish ground, mottled with pale rufous 

 and lilac-grey. The remaining specimens are more or less of the 

 common type. 



Eggs of the Common Cuclcoo in the Collection associated 

 with those of their foster-parents. 



Muscicapa grisola. 



1. With 3 eggs of foster-parents, Churt, Surrey, Crowley Bequest. 



May. 

 Of the common type. 



All of the same type, with pale green ground-colour and many 

 specks of black in addition to the usual markings. 



Erithacus rubecula. 



1. With 5 eggs of foster-parents, England, 6tb June. Purchased. 

 1. With 3 Stockbridge, Hants, W. H. Turle, Esq. 



17th May. [P.]. 



rle 



1. With 5 



Churt, May. 



Crowley Bequest. 



