NOTE. 
Mr. John Wolley wishes it to be stated that the eggs 
now offered for sale were taken in Lapland in the year 
1856. During the nesting season Mr. Wolley was not in 
Lapland, but he returned to that country in the latter 
part of the last summer, and has since made it his 
especial business to gather from the different collectors 
employed by him, full particulars of their captures. 
Most, if not all, these collectors have an exceedingly 
good knowledge of the birds, frequenting the districts 
where they live ; and Mr. Wolley was most particular in 
enjoining that they should carefully identify the different 
nests obtained by them. These injunctions, Mr. Wolley 
believes have been strictly attended to — at all events, as 
far as the eggs included in the present sale are concerned, 
— accordingly, lie has little doubt, but that they are as 
thoroughly to be depended upon, as any he has before 
offered to the public. 
Nearly all the skins obtained in 1856, and formerly, 
have been presented to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum 
at Norwich, where the}^ can readily be consulted. 
The nomenclature made use of in the following Cata- 
logue, is, as far as is possible, that of M. Temminck and 
the late Mr. Yarrell ; and, as formerly, the letters “F.” 
and “ S.” signify that the nest was taken in Finland 
(Russia), or Sweden respectively. 
Each egg has inscribed upon it a reference to the page 
in Mr. Wolley 's note book, which contains an account of 
the circumstances under which it was procured ; and to 
