CHARADRIUS. OCHTHODROMUS. 19 



Birds, iii. p. 40, pi. 25 (1885) ; id. Geoyi: Disti: Charadriida, p. S9 



(1887) ; id. F^ffs of Brit. Birds, p. 125, pi. 39. fig. 8 (1896). 

 Charadriiis doniinicu?, Baird. Breicer Si- Bidyic. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 139 (1884) ; iMacFarkmc, I'roc. U.S. Kat. Mus. xiv. p. 429 



(1891); Foijntimi, E(j<js of Brit. Birds, p. 49, pi. 12 (1895-6); 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 195 (1896) ; id. Hand-I. i. p. 152 



(1899). 

 Charadiiiis dominicus fiilvus, Baird, Breicer S^- Eidgw., torn. cit. p. 144 



(1884). 

 Cliaradrius yirginicus, Seehohm, Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 125, pi. 39. fig. 5 



(1896). 



The eggs of the Eastern Golden Plover are pyriform, slightly 

 glossy, and somewhat smaller on the whole than those of C. pluviahs. 

 There is little variation in the colour of the eggs of this species, 

 the ground varying from greenish grey to a very pale stoue-colour. 

 The markings consist of spots and blotches of dark brown or black, 

 with a few underlying spots of dull purple, which are very in- 

 conspicuous, and are more or less confluent on the larger end, where 

 they often form a large cap. The eggs measure from 1-8 to 2-1 in 

 length, and from 1-3 to 1'35 in breadth. 



4. Yenesei Valley, lat. 71|°N., 1st Seebohm Coll. 



July {H. Seebohm), 

 4. Yene.sei Valley, lat. 69i°N., 12th Seebohm Coll. 



July (H.S.). 

 4. Anderson River, Arctic America, Salvin-Godniau Coll. 



25t]i June (i?. MacFarlane : 



Smit/is. Fist.). 

 3. Anderson Eiver, 25th June (B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



MacF. : S7niths. Fist.) . 

 1. Hud.sou's Bay (I)r. Rae). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Repulse Bay, July. Dr. Rae [P.]. 



Genus OCHTHODROMUS, Reiclienb. 



Ochthodromus wilsoni {Orel). 



^gialitis wilsonianus, Snivin, Ibis, 1864, p. 387. 



Ochthodromus wilsonius, Baird, Brewer ^- Ridyic. Water Birds N. Am. 



i. p. 168 (1884). 

 Charadiius wilsoni, Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidcc, p. 154 (1887). 

 Ochthodromus wilsoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 214 (1896) ; 



id. Himd-L i. p. 153 (1899). 



The eggs of Wilson's Plover are varied in shape, some being of a 

 regiilar oval, others of a pointed oval, form and a few approaching 

 the pyriform. They are without gloss. The ground-colour is pale 

 creamy buff, marked with spots and small blotches of black and 

 underlying pale purple. These markings frequently coalesce at the 

 larger end and foim large patches. The eggs measure from 1-27 

 to 1-5 in length, and from -97 to 1-05 in breadth. 



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