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him ; but he adds, " they may Ihrough their resemblance be easily 

 classified with the other eggs." 



No. 



Size. 



Kemarks. 



No. 



Size. 



Eemarks. 



1 22, lOjjLike L. collurio, the 

 S 21, 16 1 brown sort. 



n oi -i- J Reminding one of Em- 



** 1 ViAri^Q Vinrfnlona 



23, 16j>^ 

 92, 16j 

 22j, 17 

 23, 17 

 22, 10 

 22^, 10s 



Not unlike Alauda ar- 

 vensis. 



1? oo^' J« [l-iie Motacilla alba. 

 11 22s, 10 ' 



12 22, 15j 



13 2O5, 16 



14 21, 16jJ 



■Like llotacilla flava. 



Like S. cinerea. 



19 

 20 

 21 



22 



23 

 24 



25 

 26 



27 

 28 

 29 



21, lOj 



24„ 16 

 2^5, 17 



22s, le 



21s, 15s 



21, 10 



22, 17 

 22, 16 



Like S. hortensis, approach- 

 ing S. atricapilla. 



Very like S. cuiTuca. Both 

 of these were received at 

 the same time and from 

 one place. 



Like RuticiUa phoenicurus. 



This egg in colouring and 

 marking stands midway 

 between S. locusteUa and. 

 S. hypolais. 



Somewhat like Anthus ar- 

 boreus, with a slate-gray 

 bluish ground - colour. 

 These three eggs, which 

 agree with one another 

 quite remarkably, I re- 

 ceived through one hand ; 

 but (alas !) provided with 

 no further information 

 than the dates May 25, 



■ MaySO, andJuneS, 1809. 



It will be needless for me to add any further observations on this 

 valuable catalogue ; I would merely beg to commend the study of 

 these tables (containing a description of a series of nearly a 

 hundred cuckoos' eggs, collected with great care and assiduity 

 during seventeen years) to all those who take interest in the 

 subject; and if Mr. Rowley could be induced to give his opinion 

 upon them, I for one should be exceedingly grateful to him, inas- 

 much as both he and I are only desirous to elicit the truth of the 

 matter; and the more such a question is discussed and ventilated, 

 the more likely we are to arrive at a true verdict in the case. 



Alfred Charles Smith. 



Yatesbury Eectory, Calne, 

 February 8, 1873. 



Ornithological Notes from Castle Eden. 

 By Mr. John Sclater. 



Black Tern. — On the 22nd of October last a black tern was 

 brought to me, which had been shot near Castle Eden a day or 



