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Birds -- Eggs With digital objects
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Genus Tringa

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of eggs, with caption: "Genus Tringa. 1 Tringa Pugnax. Ruff. 2 Tringa Vanellus. Lapwing. 3 Ditto, a variety. Variety."

Eggs of various Woodland Birds

Item consists of a colour illustration of six types of eggs of woodland birds. Species identified in the caption are as follows: "1 Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. 2 Sturnus vulgaris. Starling. 3 Iynx torquilla. Wryneck. 4 Alcedo ispida. King-fisher. 5 Sitta Europea. European Nuthatch. 6 Certhia familiaris. Creeper."

Genus Parus

Item consists of a colour illustration of five types of titmouse eggs (including coal tit, great tit and blue tit), with caption: "Genus Parus. 1 Parus major. Great Titmouse. 2 Parus palustris. Marsh Titmouse. 3 Parus caudalus. Long-tailed Titmouse. 4 Parus ater. Cole Titmouse. 5 Parus caeruleus. Blue Titmouse."

Eggs of different Sea Fowl

Item consists of a colour illustration of the eggs of the pied avocet and pied oystercatcher, identified by the caption as "Haematopus ostralegus (Pied Oystercatcher)" and "Recurvirostra Avosetta (Scooping Avoset)."

Genus Scolopax

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of eggs, with caption: "Genus Scolopax. 1 Scolopax Calidris Red shank. 2. Scolopax Gallinago Common Snipe. 3 Scolopax Aegocephala Godwit."

Genus Columba

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of dove eggs, with caption: "Genus Columba. 1 C. Palumbus. Ring-Dove. 2 C. Aenas. Rock-Dove. 3 C. Turtur. Turtle-Dove."

Genus Sterna

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of tern eggs, with the caption: "Genus Sterna. 1 Sterna Hirundo. Common Tern. 2 Sternus fissipes. Black Tern. 3 Sterna minuta. Lesser Tern."

Genus Turdus

Item consists of a colour illustration of three types of thrush eggs, with caption: "Genus Turdus. 1 Turdus viscivorus. Missel Thrush. 2 Turdus musicus. Song Thrush. 3 Turdus merula. Blackbird."

Genus Sylvia. Motacilla. Lin. Syst.

Item consists of a colour illustration of six types of eggs of woodland birds (that Forbes identifies as belonging to the genus Motacilla). Species identified in the caption are as follows: "1 Sylvia Aenanthe. Wheatear. 2 Sylvia Rubecula. Redbreast. 3 Sylvia Rubicola. Stonechat. 4 Sylvia Rubetra. Whinchat. 5 Sylvia Troglodytes. Common Wren. 6 Sylvia Regulus. Golden-crested Wren."

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