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1852, as will be seen on reference to Ooth. WoU., loc. cit. 

 The three eggs mentioned by Newton as taken in 1844 and 

 1846, without locality, may well have been of foreign origin ; 

 but T. Hancock found a nest in Surrey in 1849, as recorded 

 by Hewitson. 



With regard to the supposed clutch of Grey-headed Wag- 

 tail eggs (M. flava thunhergi), taken in Kent in 1906, their 

 authenticity rests solely on the statement of Mr. G. Bristow, 

 the well-known taxidermist, who probably mistook a nest of 

 the Yellow or Blue-headed Wagtail for that of the North 

 Scandinavian race. Kent is at least 600 miles from the 

 nearest known breeding-place of the latter form. 



For " Varangar " (p. 85) read " Varanger,'' and for 

 '^ taken by Rickbeil from Dresser" (p. 85) read "from 

 Dresser : taken by Ruckbeil." 



For^^'pretosus" (p. S(j) read " pefrosiis,^' and for '"^feldeg" 

 (p. 85) read ''feldegg:' 



Mr.P.F.BuNYARD exhibited four clutches of four each, and 

 one of three eggs, of the American Stint, Pisobla minutilla, 

 from Labrador, and made the following remarks : — 



" These eggs I purchased at the late Mr. A. B. Fame's 

 sale at Stevens's rooms on January 11th, 1922. They were 

 sent to him direct by the Rev. W. W. Perrett, a missionary 

 in Labrador. They were part of Lot 751, and catalogued as 

 Semipalmated Plover — which, of course, they are not. A 

 good deal of confusion apparently existed in Mr. Fame's 

 mind as to the identity of these eggs : one data-ticket had 

 been altered from Plover to Sandpiper, the others had Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper written on them, with the A. 0. U. 

 No. 246. They do not, however, belong to either of the 

 above-mentioned species, but are in three cases typical of 

 P. minutilla. 



" In confirmation of my identification, I also exhibit a 

 clutch of four typical P. minutilla eggs taken by (>^: -W. 

 Nelson at St. Michaels, Alaska, and which came from the 

 U.S. National Museum : one is figured by Poynting, pi. 34, 



