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EGG XV. (Sale number sixteen.) 
Sale catalogue No. 9647. An egg of the Great Auk, on July 27th, 1897. 
Egg XV. - “Lot A. EGG OF THE GEEAT AUK. 
Taken in Iceland about 1830, by a 
shipowner of St. Malo, who bequeathed it 
to the Comte Eaoul de Barace, wdiose 
collection was purchased by the Baron 
d’Hamonville. 
This specimen (slightly cracked;, which, in 
colouring and texture, is unique, was 
figured in the Memoirs of the Societe 
Zoologique de France, in 1888, plate 6, 
fig. C, and additional notes on its history 
appeared in the Bulletin of the Societe in 
1891.” 
Bought by Mr. T. G. Middlebrook, of the 
“ Edinburgh Castle,” Camden Town, London, for £168 O O 
This is the egg that was bought in these rooms by Messrs. Jay & 
Co., on June 25th, 1895, for £173 5s. For an account of its previous 
sale and history cf. pp. 18 and 19. It will be noted that the description 
in the sale catalogue is copied word for word from that of June 25th, 
1895. 
The egg was afterwards obtained by Col. J. E. Thayer, through 
Rowland Ward, Ltd., 166 (now 167) Piccadilly, London. 
^-•EGG XVIIL (Sale number seventeen.) 
Sale catalogue No. 10,029. An egg of the Great Auk 
on July 19th, 1899. 
Egg XVIII. - “Lot 157. EGG OF THE GEEAT AUK 
(A ha impennis). 
This is one of the three eggs formerly in the 
collection of Comte Eaoul de Barace. 
This specimen (slightly cracked) was figured 
in the Memoirs of the Societe Zoologique 
de France, in 1888, plate, figure and 
additional notes on its history appeared 
in the Bulletin of the Societe in 1891.” 
Bought by Mr. T. G. Middlebrook, of the 
“Edinburgh Castle,” Camden Town, London, for £315 O O 
