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high gloss, and the surface is smooth with a fine, close grain, but the 

 shell is rather fragile for so big an eg^. 



Ool. Ward's egg has a pale pinkish ' brown ground colour,' the 

 spots and blotches are rather larger and darker though less numerous. 

 The eggs vary in length between 1-75" x 1-17" (44*4 x 29-7 

 mm.) and 1-85" X 1-25" (47-0 X 31-7 mm.). 



(To be continued.) 



