NOTE. 
Mr. John Wolley wishes the following statement to 
be made : 
The eggs now offered for sale were taken in Lapland, 
in the year 1855, with the exception of a few obtained in 
1854, all which latter have the year entered in the fol- 
lowing Catalogue. Constant efforts have been made to 
ascertain and preserve the history of each egg. 
The plan adopted has been to write upon them soon 
after obtained, often in the marsh or at the tree where 
they were found, and then to add a reference to the page 
of a note-book, in which further particulars are entered. 
In this way, at any future time, the account of any egg 
can be referred to in a moment. 
Where eggs have not been taken under his own eye, 
there is not one offered for sale concerning whose genuine- 
ness there can be any reasonable doubt. 
In almost every case skins have been brought home, 
so that even if nearly allied species should hereafter be 
discovered, the exact bird to which the eggs belonged 
can be ascertained. 
The English names in the following Catalogue are ge- 
nerally those adopted by Mr. Yarrell, the scientific ones 
are those of M. Temminck, being perhaps the most com- 
monly used on the Continent. 
The letters “ S.'" and N."" mean, that the nest was 
in Finland (Russia), Sweden, and Norway respectively ; 
parts of all which countries are included in the general 
name, Lapland. 
