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UNRECORDED EGG OF THE GREAT AUK. 
Through the kindness of a Devonshire naturalist we are 
able to give our readers an illustration of an egg of the Great 
Auk, which is additional to those referred to in the lists 
prepared by Messrs. Bidwell, Parky n and others, and has 
not so far been figured or described. This specimen, together 
with many other * curios/ was purchased at a sale some years 
Unrecorded Egg of Great Auk. (Reduced). 
ago, and is still in the possession of our correspondent. It 
will be seen from the photograph that the egg is sparsely 
decorated by blotches, which are black or blackish-brown 
in colour, with a few surface stainings of light yellowish- 
brown. The ground colour of the egg is white, with a faint 
tinge of cream. The measurements are: length, 116 mm. ; 
greatest width, 78 mm. — T.S. 
: o : 
Goal: Its Properties, Analysis, Classification, Geology, Ex- 
traction , Uses and Distribution , by E . S . Moore . London : Chapman 
and Hall, V. + 462 pp., 25/- net. In this volume the Professor of Geology 
in the Pennsylvania State College, brings together a useful series of 
chapters dealing with most of the aspects of the coal industry, principally 
as they apply to North America, though there are some short chapters 
on Great Britain and other European countries. Great Britain is dealt 
with in less than a page. There are numerous illustrations and diagrams, 
for the most part well chosen. 
Naturalist 
