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Lady Garvagh, who died in 1891, when it 
became the property of her daughter, the 
Hon. Emmeline R. Canning, who died on 
February 9th, 1898, and at whose 
residence, 50 Belgrave Road, Mr. J, E. 
Halting found it. On April 7th, 1898, it 
was purchased by Mr. IT, Noble. This 
specimen was erroneously supposed by 
Grieve (Hist, of the Gt. Auk, p. 100) to 
have been broken to pieces through the 
carelessness of a servant. At the time of 
his death, Lord Garvagh possessed three 
eggs, two of which he had purchased from 
Mr. Potts in 1 853, and it was one of these 
(now in the possession of Mr. G. F. Rowley) 
that had been broken, to replace which he 
bought this egg in 1869. The Troughton 
egg had simply been lost sight of, and 
remained undiscovered for more than 
twenty-five years. Mr. Bidwell has a 
water-colour’ sketch, made in 18G1, before 
it became the property of Lord Garvagh, 
which places its identity beyond doubt/’ 
Bought by Mr. William Stirling, of Fairburn, 
Muir-of-Ord, N.B., for £210 O O 
EGG XIV. (Sale number twenty-four.) 
Sale catalogue No, 11,095. 
An egg of the Great Auk, on January 17th, 190G. 
Egg XIY. - “ Lot A. AN EGG OF THE GREAT 
AUK. A finely marked egg in perfect 
condition, blown with a small hole at each 
end.” 
Bought in at. £210 O O 
This egg, the property of Mr. T. G. Middlebrook, was formerly 
in the collection of Sir William Milner, Bart., it afterwards became 
the property of Sit* F. Milner, Bart., who sent it for sale at Stevens’ 
on April 23rd, 1895, when it was bought by Mr. Middlebrook, for 
£189 —vide p. 18. 
