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EGG III. (Sale number four.) 
A Great Auk’s egg, on December 5th, 1856. 
According to the sale catalogue, from “ Collections of objects of 
Natural History, etc., of the late William Yarrell, Esq., V.P.L.S., 
F.Z.S., Birds’ Eggs, amongst them, one of the Great Auk.” 
Egg III. - “ Lot 399, The Great Auk.” 
Bought by Mr. J ames Gardner, for Mr. Frederick Bond, F.Z.S., 
of Kingsbury, Middlesex, afterwards of Staines, for £21 O O 
This egg again came to the hammer in these rooms on February 
22nd, 1894. when it realised £315 —vide pp. 12-14, where its previous 
history will be found. 
EGGS IV., V., VI. and VII. (Sale number five.) 
Sale catalogue No. 2478. 
Four eggs of the Great Auk, on July 11th, 1865. 
Egg IV - “Lot 140. A very fine and beautifully marked 
example of the egg of the Great Auk 
very rare .”—[vide PI. II.] 
Bought by the Rev. G. W. Braikenridge, 
of Clevedon, Somerset, for £29 O O 
After his death in 1882, the egg became the property of his sister 
who sold it in 1884 to Mr. Edward Bidwell, of Fonnereau House, 
Twickenham, in whose possession it remained for twenty-seven years, 
when it was disposed of in April, 1911, to Mr. Thomas Parkin, of 
Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. 
Egg V. - “Lot 141. Another differently marked.” 
Purchased by Mr. John Gould, 
for Mr. G. Dawson Rowley, of Brighton, for £33 O O 
Now (1911) in the possession of Mr. G. Fydell Rowley, being one of 
six eggs inherited by him from his father, Mr. G. Dawson Rowley. 
Egg VI. - - “ Lot 142. Ditto.” 
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Bought by the Rev. Henry Burney, 
of Wavendon Rectory, Bucks, for £31 10 O 
This egg was again sold at Stevens’ rooms on December 13tli, 1887, 
when £168 was given for it— vide p. 11. 
