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2. Walney Island, 4th June (//. Seebohm Coll. 



'Sdioiders). 

 1. Walney Island. Seebolim Coll. 



1. Walnej' Island, ^Gtli June (P. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Godman). 

 •■]. Farn Islands 29th May (-iff. iSw^o/j/ft). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Farn Islands. Seebohm Coll. 



8. F'arn Islands, 16th June (O. Salviri). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Cornwall. D. W. Mitchell, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Stappen, Xoi-way, 17th June {H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



2. Smiilen Islmds, 26th May {R. B. S.). Dr. II. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



3. Smoleu Islands, 2(;th May (R. B. S.). Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



3. Smiilen Islands, 27th May {R. B. S). Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.j. 



1. Sweden. S. 0. Salilin, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Dag:(i Island, Gidf of Finland (i2«sso2t)). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Tromso, Finmark, 10th Jume (R. Seebohm Coll. 



Colleft ^- H. Seebohm). 

 2. Tamso, Finmark, 17th June (R. C. ^- Seebohm Coll. 



H. S.). 

 2. Tamso, Finmark, 17th Jime (R. C. 8r Seebohm Coll. 



H. 8.). 

 2. Jx. Petchora, lat. 6ij° N., 15th June Seebohm Coll. 



{H. Seebohm if- J. A. Haroie Broken). 



Hsematopus osculans, Swinh. 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Ilajmatopus osculans, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 129 ; Seebohm, Geogr. Disfr. 

 Charadriidce, p. 30."5 (1887) ; Shcnye, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. Ill 

 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 147 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Pied Oyster-catcher in the CoUectiou 

 were found by Swinhoe after the parent birds had abandoned 

 them. They are of very abnormal shape and coloration. One is a 

 veiy narrow ellipse, the other a narrow pointed oval. The ground 

 is of a pale creamy-buff colour, and this is evenly, but very sparingly, 

 marked with small ispots of jellowish brown and large blotches of 

 pale purple or grey. The two examples measure respectively : 

 2-25 by 1-4; 2-85 by 1-47. 



2. Chefoo, North China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



Hsematopus longirostris, Vieill. 



Ilrematopus longirostris, Macr/lllivrfii/, Voij. ' Rattlesnake,' ii. p. .358 (1852) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Aiistr. ii. p. 215 (1865); Potts, Trans. New 

 Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 68 (1869) ; Campbell, Nests ^- J^t/f/s Austr. Birds, 

 p. 52 (1883) ; Seebohm, Gvogr. Disfr. Charadriidce, p. 304 (1896) ; 

 Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. n. 16 (1888); North, Nests .ii- 

 Eiiys Austr. Birds, p. 299 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 

 p. 112 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 147 (1899). 



The eggs of the Australian Pied Oyster-catcher are rather larger 

 than those of H. ostraler/us, but do not otherwise differ from them. 

 They measure from 2'1 to 2-75 in length, and from 1-55 to 1-75 in 

 breadth. 



