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those of Hoplopterus speciosus, which breeds in the same localities. 

 They measure from 1-43 to 1-7 in length, and from 1-07 to 1-2 in 

 breadth. 



2. Cape Colony (E. L, Layard). E. L. Lavard, Esq. [P.]. 

 •2. Cape Colony {E. L. L.). SeebohnrCoU. 



3. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (r.-4y?-M). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SaUATAROLA, Leach. 

 Squatarola helvetica {Linn.). 



Squatarola helvetica, Neicton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. .398, pi. xxxix. fig. 2; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 4o5 (1871), p. 465 (1876) ; Seehohm Sf 



Haruie-Browu, Ibis, 1876, p. •222, pi. v. ; Lec/ffe, Birds Ceylon, p. 929 



(1880) ; Poynting, Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 55, pis. 13, 14 (1895-6) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M\ xxiv. p. 182 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 152 



(1899). 

 Charadrius helveticus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 44, pi. 25 (1885) ; id. 



Geogr. Dktr. Charadriida, p. 102 (1887) ; id. Eqgs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 126, pi. 39. tigs. 7, 9 (1896). 



The eggs of the Grey Plover are sharply pyriform and have a 

 very faint gloss. The ground-colour is greenish gre}', olive, or 

 olive-buff, and it is rather boldly spotted and blotched with dark 

 brown, black, and very pale, inconspicuous, underlying purple. On 

 a few specimens the markings are small and delicate, consisting 

 chiefly of small spots and short lines ; the majority, however, are 

 coarsely marked with confluent blotches. The eggs measure from 

 1-9 to 2-15 in length, and from 1-4 to 1-45 in breadth. 



1. R. Petchora, lat. 68° N., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohin Sf J. A. Harvie- 



Browii). 

 1. E. Petchora, lat. 6S° N., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. ScJ.A.H.-B.). 

 3. R. Petchora, lat. 68° X., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



{H. S. .S- J. A. H.-B.). 



3. R. Petchora, lat. 68° N., 4th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. 8. ^- J. A. H.-B.). 



4. R. Petchora, lat. 68^ N., 9th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. .y J. A. H.-B.). 

 1. R. Petchora, lat. 68° N., 12th Julv Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. S. ^ J. A. H.-B.). 



Genus CHARADRIUS, Linn. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Linn. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Thien. Fortpjianz. yes. Voy. tab. lix. fitr. 1, a-f 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitsun, Eyys of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 291, pi. Ixxvi. 

 lig. ii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 435 (1871) ; Seehohm ^■ 

 Harvie-BroiOH, Ibis, 1876, p. 221 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 1-52; id. 

 Brit. Birds, iii. p. 35, pi. 25 (1885) ; id. Geoyr. Distr. CharadrlidcB, 



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