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The similarity in these eggs renders it practically certain 

 they are the product of one female. 



(6) A drawer containing forty clutches of the Pied, Grrey, 

 and Yellow Wagtails. 



In one instance two Pied Wagtails, sharing the same nest, 

 had laid five and four eggs respectively. 



The series of Grrey Wagtail included some rare phases — 

 difficult to obtain in this species — and one clutch of seven, 

 which, of course, is very exceptional, 



Mr. Herbert Massey exhibited : — 



(a) A series of twenty-four sets of Meadow-Pipit, in- 

 cluding the very rare red form — a speckled set of four 

 from Sweden. 



(b) Forty-eight clutches of Tree-Pipit, showing the recog- 

 nized types and some choice variety sets. Among the latter 

 was a clutch of eight, believed to be unique. 



(c) Tawny Pipit ; six sets showing the known variations, 

 including the rare erythristic form. 



{d) Six clutches of the Ped-throated Pipit. 

 Four „ „ Alpine Pipit. 



Two „ „ American Pipit. 



A fine series of these scarce eggs. 



(e) Rock-Pipit ; fifteen sets, showing great variation and 

 including nine erythristic clutches, of which six were taken 

 in Scotland and three in the south of England, 



Also three sets of the Scandinavian subspecies, which 

 occurs only on migration in this country. 



Dr. W. Norman May exhibited seventeen clutches of the 

 Calandra, Crested, and Short-toed Larks, and six sets of 

 the Black-headed Wagtail ; these included some choice 

 specimens. They were taken at Salonika in 1918. 



Mr. Percy Smythe showed twenty-five clutches of Tree- 

 Pipit eggs from his collection, including some beautiful 

 variety sets. 



