2 THINOCORYTHID^. 



consist chieflj' of liuge blotches and smears, which are confluent 

 and cover the greater part of the shell. In others, they consist of 

 blotches of small size, more or less separate and distinct, and not 

 covering more than about one-quarter of the surface of the shell. 

 The underlying markings are seldom prominent. The eggs measure 

 from 2-05 to 2-5 in length, and from 1'43 to 1'6 in breadth. 



2. Kergueleu Island, .Jau. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



2. Kerguelen Island, Jan. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



2. Kerguelen Island, Jau. V^oy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 2 Kerguelen Island, .Ian. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



3. Kerguelen Island, Dee. (A. E. Eaton). Royal Societj' [P.]. 

 3. Kerguelen Island, Dec. {A. E. E.). Royal Society fP.I. 



2. Kerguelen Island, Dec. {A. E. E.). Royal Society [P.". 



3. Kerguelen Island, Dec. (A. E. E). Royal Society [P.]. 

 3. Kerguelen Island, Dec. (A. E. E.). Royal Society [P.]. 



S ub-0 rder A TTA GIDES. 

 Family THlNOCORYTHlDiE. 



Genus ATTAGIS, Less. 4- Is. Geoffr. 



Attagis gayi, Less. 



(Plate I. fig. 7.) 



Attagis gayi, James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 11 (18S)2) ; Shai-pe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 715 (1890) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 307 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 145 (1899). 



The eggs of Gay's Seed-Snipe are generally of a sharplj'-pointed 

 oval form, but sometimes they are pyriform. The shell is smooth 

 and possesses a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is of a 

 creamy-buff colour, slightly tinged with olive, and this is rather 

 thickly marked with specks, spots, and small blotches of pinkish 

 brown, chocolate-brown, yellowish brown, and underlying pale 

 purple. These are more dense at the larger end than elsewhere, 

 and generally form an ill-defined cap. Eight specimens measure 

 from 1-9 to 1-95 in length, and from 1-32 to 1-38 in breadth. 



2 Chile. Old Collection. 



3. Central Chile (Latidbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus THINOCORYS, Esch. 

 Thinocorys orbignianus, Geoffr. (^ Less. 



Thinocorus orbignyanus, (ScZ. ^ Buds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 178 (1889); 



James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 11 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 306! 

 Thinocorus orbignianus, SharjK, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxiv. p. 718 (1896) • 



Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 219, pi. iv. tig. 48 (1899). ' 



Thinocorys orbignianus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 146 (1899). 



The eggs of D'Orbigny's Seed-Snipe are pyriform, smooth and 

 glossy. The ground varies from cream-colour to pale creamy-bufi", 



