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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
Skylark. Alauda a. arvensis L.
C/4, lovely red eggs, Upminster, June, 1907, F. C. Hiden,
Ref.: A History of the Birds of Essex.
Blackbird. Turdus m. merula L.
Clutch of pink eggs, Stour Valley, 1922. Ref.: A. History of
the Birds of Essex.
Lapwing. Vanellus vanellus (L.).
C/3, C/4, dark red ground, both Pitsea. Ex E. Bidwell's
collection. Ref.: British Birds (Mag.), vol. 7, p. 255.
Common Redshank. Tringa t. totanus (L.).
C/3, dark red, Stanford-le-Hope. Ex E. Bidwell's collection.
Ref.: British Birds (Mag.), vol. 7, p. 256.
UNPLACED ABERRATIONS.
Linnet. Carduelis c. cannabina- (L.).
A nest of pale blue unspotted eggs found once near Felsted.
Ref.: Felsted School Scientif. Soc. Report No. 25.
British Bullfinch. Pyrrhula -p. nesa Math, and Ired.
A set of very pale blue eggs of which one shows a faint red
zone at the large end was found in 1911, Felsted. Ref.:
Felsted School Scientif. Soc. Report No. 25.
Chaffinch. Fringilla c. coelebs L.
C/5, pale blue colour, unspotted, Harwich, 20 May, 1896.
Ref.: A 'History of the Birds of Essex.
Yellow Bunting. Emberiza c. citrinella L.
C/4, ground-colour Bullfinch blue, with faint underlying
lilac markings ; and surface spots, and lines of sepia and
sienna, Chelmsford, May, 1920. Ref.: Bulletin, Brit.
Ornith, Club., vol. 41, p. 84.
Reed-Bunting. Emberiza s. schoeniclus (L.).
Eggs very variable in colouring, Felsted. Ref.: Felsted
School Scien. Soc. Report No. 25.
Tree-Pipit. Anthus t. trivialis (L.).
C/5, pale blue, absolutely unmarked, 24 May, 1922, Felsted.
C/3, pale blue, absolutely unmarked, 1924, Felsted.
C/5, most unusual green type, ground colour pale olive
green with greenish-brown markings. C/3, similar, laid by
same bird, 1925, Felsted. Ref.: Felsted School Scientif.
Soc. Report No. 25.
Spotted Flycatcher. Muscicapa s. striata (Pall.).
It is recorded that in most years there has been a bird laying