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Pyrrhula pyrrhula europsea, Hariert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 94 (1903) ; 

 Jmrd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 69, pi. 9. figs. 5-8 (1906). 



The eggs of the Common Bullfinch are of a pointed oval form 

 and moderately glossy. The ground-colour is bluish-green, spotted 

 and blotched with chocolate or reddish-brown and underlying lilac. 

 The markings, which sometimes include short lines and streaks, are 

 generally dense at the large end, where they form a zone or cap, 

 and rather sparse elsewhere. The Collection contains a set of white 

 eggs from Invermoriston. Specimens measure from -7 to "85 in 

 leiigth, and from '53 to "6 in breadth. 



Three eggs from Cassel, Germany, are abnormally small. They 

 measure respectively : "55 by "42 ; '59 by '49 ; and "62 by '5. 



5. Invermoriston, Inverneas-shire, 

 22nd May [Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Lochend, Inverness-shire, 1st June 



{Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Inverness, 11th May (Hargitt Coll. ) . 

 1. Castle Eden, Durham (Tristram 



Coll.). 



4. Sparham, Norfolk, 26th May (F. 



Norgate). 



5. Sparham, 26th May (F. N.). 



4. Cambridgeshire (J. Baker). 



3. Luton Park, Bedfordshire, 28th 



May. 



6. Luton Park, 28th May. 

 9. Middlesex. 



5. Wembley Hill, Middlesex, 4th 



May. 



4. Wembley Hill, 6th June. 



5. Tilford, Surrey, June. 

 5. Tilford. 



5. Kent (Hargitt Coll.). 

 5. Kent (Hargitt Coll.). 



4. West Meon, Hants, 3rd June 



(8. H. Wallis). 



5. Torquay, Devon, 1st June (H. P. 



Saunders). 



5. Coblenz, Germany, 10th May. 

 3. Cassel, Germany, 20th May. 



3. Altenkirchen, Germany, 18th May. 



3. Altenkirchen, 18th May. 



6. Altenkirchen, 2nd June. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P-]- 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cueulus canonis). 



3. Strawberry Hill, Surrey, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



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