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NATURE STUDY NOTES 
green, no marks; 23 to 26, blue, with marks; 27 
to 31, other colours. 
(1) Kiwi: *** duck’s egg (± weight of adult Kiwi), 
white, no marks. ' 
(2) Wood Pigeon: Same size as small pullet’s 
egg, white, no marks. 
(3) Kingfisher: (*), white, no marks or spots. 
(4) Shag: Same size as hen’s egg, white, some¬ 
times bluish tinge, no marks. 
white, sometimes with brownish 
red spots at one end. 
(6) Greenfinch: (—), white or pale grey, with 
small brown spots at broad end. 
(/) Tom-tit: (—), white, speckled with greyish- 
red spots. 
(<S) Fan tail: (—), white, with brownish-grey 
spots at both ends. 
(9) Fernbird: (—*), white, speckled with grey 
.and purple marks. 
(10) Californian Quail: (*), creamy white, broad 
and pear-shaped, olive brown spots. 
(11) House Sparrow: (—), pale grey, sometimes 
with brown and dark grey spots. 
. (12) Yellow Bunting: (—), pale grey with purplish 
tinge, also brown spots and streaks. 
(13) Ground Lark: (— ), pale grey, with greyish- 
brown marks. 
(14) Linnet: ( ), pale grey, with greenish tinge, 
also reddish-brown spots and streaks. 
(I.' 1 ) Pipit: (—), p a ] e grey, speckled with greyish- 
brown marks. 
