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figured by Dresser in his 'Eggs of the Birds of Europe,' 

 pi. 20. figs. 6-10 (pub. 1910), these are all from Finland, 

 two of which were taken by Sandman. Dresser was evi- 

 dently well acquainted with the eggs long before Newton's 

 communication to the Zool. Soc. 



The Nat. Hist. Mus. possesses ten eggs, all of which are 

 from Archangel, the year is not given, one egg is described 

 as having a black hair-line (' Catalogue of Birds Eggs,' 

 vol. V. p. 233 1912). 



On the Continent the eggs were apparently known as far 

 back as 1855, two of which were figured by Baedeker (Eier 

 Eur. Vog. tab. 12, fig. 13, tab. 76, fig. 10). One egg is 

 badly figured by Rey in Eier Yog. Mitteleurop, p. 297, 

 pi. 38. fig. 7 (1900). 



About 1894 I secured through Dresser a well-authenicated 

 clutch of three typical eggs from Finland, which came to 

 him from E. K. Enckell, who took three of those he figured. 

 Since 1894 I have had a fair number of eggs through my 

 hands, all of which came from Nurmes in Finland. 



Considering the small amount of material then available, 

 Howard Saunders describes the type accurately; but I have 

 not seen any that show the slightest sign of a reddish 

 ground, and some, as will be seen from those exhibited, have 

 scrawlings {i.e., vein-markings), which were apparently 

 absent on those he described. 



Two of the clutches exhibited have the typical greenish- 

 grey ground-colour, with fairly evenly distributed markings 

 of olive-brown which vary considerably in density; con- 

 spicuous underlying greyish markings are mostly confined 

 to the greater axis. 



Clutch No. 3 has the ground-colour almost pure white, 

 the surface-markings are much darker and almost obscure 

 the ground-colour, the typical Emheriza hair-like lines are 

 conspicuous on some ; short very dark black-brown vein-like 

 markings occur, which are scarcely visible to the naked eye. 



Clutch No. 4 has very pale greenish-grey ground-colour, 

 the hair-like and short vein-markings are abundant and 

 conspicuous. 



Clutch No. 5 is very distinctive ; owing to the markings 



