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of the usual pyriform shape, although they are not much compressed at the small end, and vary in colour 

 from a fine olive-green to a brownish-olive hue. Those of the former type are marked with large rather 

 even-edged blotches of sepia, mostly gathered round the large end, though not in the form of a zone ; beneath 

 them are the usual primary markings of clear bluish grey. Eggs of the browner types are similar in character, 

 but the secondary or underlying markings are browner ; all have small blots or specks mixed with the larger, 

 which run generally in a longitudinal direction. In a fine series before me, collected by Mr. Dresser in 

 Northern Europe, some measure 18G by 1- 25 inch, others T85 by T23 and 1'82 by T23, which shows that 

 there is little variation in their size. 



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