EGG XXIII. (Sale number twenty-five.) 
An egg of the Great Auk, on February 9tli, 1909. 
Described in sale catalogue No. 11,579 as “ a fine specimen of the egg of 
the Great Auk.” 
Egg XXIII. - “Lot A. AN EGG OF THE GREAT 
AUK. From 1847 to 1865 this egg was 
in the collection of the well-known French 
ornithologist, Mons. J. Hardy, of Dieppe. 
It then passed by will into the possession 
of his son, Mons. M. Hardy, of Perigueux, 
who in turn bequeathed it to his daughter, 
Madame Ussel, of Eu, who has sent it here 
for sale.*’ 
Bought by Mr. R. Hay Fenton, of 6 Lombard Street, 
London, for £199 10 O 
The egg was exhibited at the meeting of the British Ornithologists’ 
Club, on June 17tli, 1908, by Mr. E. Bidwell. who pointed out that it 
bears an inscription in ink 4 Pingouin,’ the French name for the bird ; 
this is believed to have been made by Dufresne, the keeper of the 
King's Cabinet in Paris, as an egg in the Edinburgh Museum, which 
undoubtedly passed through his hands, is similarly marked. 
EGG XXIV. (Sale number twenty-six.) 
An egg of the Great Auk, on June 7tli, 1910. 
Described in the sale catalogue No. 11,820 as a “ beautifully marked egg.” 
E<™- XXIV. - “Lot A. The property of Mr. Evelyn Shirley. 
EGG OF THE GREAT AUK. This 
beautifully marked egg, the very finest of 
its type, formed part of a Natural History 
collection, which was the property of Mr. 
W. Sheppard, of Bristol, in 1807, and 
was purchased by Mr. Shirley, of 
Ettington, about 1820.” 
Bought by Mr. E, L. Armbrecht, of Duke Street, 
Grosvenor Square, London, for £262 10 O 
Mr. Symington Grieve, in his Supplementary Note (Trans. Edin. Field 
Nat. and Micro. Soc,, Vol. III.. 1896-7) wrote on page 263“ Stratford- 
on-Avon : Ettington Park , Mr. S. E. Shirley.— This egg is said to have 
