526 On Birds'' Eggs in the British Museum. 



not exist, and G. thekltB is tlie commoner species. 

 Unfortunately, three of these eggs have been figured. 



[P. 193. Linaria horneman7ii (llolh.) . It is very questionaljle 

 whether eggs of the Icelandic Redpoll should be 

 assigned to this species. Hantzsch described the 

 Iceland bird as a distinct race, but it is barely dis- 

 tinguishable, if at all, from Linaria linaria (L.).] 



P. 219. Cari^odacus erythrinus (Pall.). Four eggs are said 

 to have been taken at Sayn, Rhenish Prov., S. Germany ! 

 The only district of Germany in which this species 

 breeds is in the north of East Prussia, though it is 

 said to have formerly nested in Silesia. There is no 

 evidence of its ever having bred in western Germany, 

 and Le Roi states that it has not been recorded from 

 the Rhine Province. 



P. 257. Calcarius lapponicus (L.). The eggs from Iceland 

 (^W. Proctor) were probably bought by him during his 

 visit, as this species has never been known to breed there. 



P. 466. Corvus comix L. A clutch of thi'ce eggs assigned 

 to this species, together with an egg of Cuccystes 

 glandarius, are said to have been taken in South Spain 

 (Radcliffe Saunders coll.). As the Hooded Crow is a 

 rare vagrant during the winter months only to Spain, 

 it is incredible that the eggs should be those of this 

 species. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has suggested that the 

 nest may have been taken in the Balearic Isles (which 

 can hardly be described as " South Spain '^), but un- 

 fortunately for this supposition there is no evidence 

 that either the Hooded Crow or the Great Spotted 

 Cuckoo has ever occurred on these islands. The 

 statement that the Hooded Crow was found breeding 

 there by Von Homeyer is based on error. The eggs 

 may possibly be those of C. corone, which breeds rather 

 sparingly in southern Spain. No collector's name is 

 given, and the eggs were obtained through a German 

 dealer. 



[P. 491. Of three clutches of eggs of Jay from the same 

 locality (Lenkoran, Talish), two are assigned to 



