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reddisli-browii and underlying lavender or lilac-grey. The markings 

 on some eggs are small and extremely dense, covering the greater 

 part of the ground-colour ; those on other eggs are bold and com- 

 paratively sparse, the larger blotches being of a very rich colour 

 and the smaller ones paler. The eggs vary greatly in size, the 

 smallest example in the Collection measuring 1-55 by 1'05, and 

 the largest 2-12 by 1-34. 



3. Kaka, near Fashoda, Whits Nile, 



19th April. 



S. Kaka, 30th April. 



4. South Africa. 



3. South Africa. 



4. South Africa. 

 1. South Africa. 



1. South Africa. 



2. South Africa (K L. Layard). 



5. South Africa. 



2. Cape Colony (E. L. L. : Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony {T. C. Atmore : 

 Tristram Coll.). 



2. ' Blaauw Krantz, Grahamstown, 

 O.C, 2nd Jan. {B. E. J.). 



1. Blaauw Krantz. 



2. Olifant's Kloof, Dec. (B. B. 



Bowker) (with one egg of 



Coccystes glandarins, cf. vol.iii. 



p. 102). 

 1. Newcastle, Natal, 23rd Sept. 

 4. Transvaal ( T. Ayres : Tristram 



Coll.). 



3. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (7". A.). 

 1. Namaqualand. 



R. McD. Hawker, Esij. [P.]. 



E. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



B. B. Jupp, Esq. [C.j. 



B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.l. 

 B. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



Capt. Savile G. Eeid [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CORVUS, Linn. 

 Corvus corax, Linn. 



Corvua corax, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Fog. tab. xixix. figi 1, a-f 

 (1846-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 220, pi. Ivii. (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 567 (1875) [part.] ; SMrpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. iii. p. 14 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 532, pl. 16 

 (1883) ; id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 223, pl. 55. figs. 7 & 9 

 (1896); Male, Sep. Cardiff Soc. xxxu. p. 49, pl. (1901); Newton, 

 Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 514 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 i. p. 423 (1902); Rey, Eier Fog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 356 (1904), pl. 48 

 (1900) ; Jourdain, Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 1, pl. i. (1906) ; Dresser, 

 Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xiii. & xiv. p. 434, pts. xi. & xii. pl. 5. 

 figs. 1-7 (1908) [part.] ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 590 (1909) ; Nehrh. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 357 (1910). 



Corvus littoralis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vbg. tab. 34. fig. 4 (1855-63). 



Corvus sylvestris, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 34. fig. 3. 



Corvus corax corax, Hartert, Vog.pal. Faun. i. p. 2 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Eaven vary from a pointed to a regular 



