43 



Totanus calidris {Linn.). 



Totanus calidris, T/iien. Fortj)flanz. r/cs. r%. tab. Ixiv. fig. o, «-?« (184o- 

 54); He.icit.son, E(jys of Brit. Birds, ii. p. SiJi), pi. Ixxxix. (i8o6) ; 

 Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 387 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 157 (1875); 

 Scu/li/, Stray Fedthers, iv. p. 189 (1876) ; Legije, Birds Cei/lon, -p. So'J 

 (1880); Sec'boJun, Brit. Birds, '\U.Y>.'i-iO, \>l.''i-2 (\88r)); id. Qeogr. 

 Dktr. Charndriidce, p. 358 (1887) ; id. E[;c/s of Brit. Birds, p. 140, 

 pi. 44. fi^s. 2, 5(1806) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 217, pi. 46 

 (1895-6); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. At. "xxiv. p. 414 (1896); id. 

 Hand-l i. p. 160 (1899). 



Gnmbetta calidris, Baedeker, Eur. T'bg. tab. 37. fig. 4 (1854-63). 



The eggs of the Common Redshauk are pyriform, and have a fair 

 amount of gloss. The ground varies from cream-colour or pale huff 

 to a rich ochraeeous buff, and this is spotted and blotched with rich 

 chocolate-brown and black, with underlying pale purple. The 

 markings on the broad end of the egg are bolder than elsewhere and 

 frequently form an irregular cap. All four specimens forming 

 the clutch taken by Colonel H. W. Feilden in Norfolk are of a pale 

 blue colour, minutely speckled with rufous, and are quite abnormal. 

 Jsumerous examples measure from 1'62 to 1-9 in length, and from 

 1-13 to 1'3 in breadth. 



2. Great Britain. 



4. Loch Awe, Sutberlaudshire 

 {Hargift Coll.). 



3. Kiiockie, Inverness-shire (Hargift 



Coll.) 

 3. Knoclde (Hargift Coll.). 



3. Wbitebridge, Inverness-shire, Mav 



(Hargift Coll.). 



4. Carlisle,' 11th May. 



4. \\'ells, Norfolk, 2i'nd June. 



4. ■\Valnev Wash, Cambridge, 17th 



May ( [('. Farren). 

 4. Leadenhall Market, London. 

 4. Smolen Islands, Norway, May. 

 4. Kistrand, Norway, 22nd June 



(-ff. Seehohm). 

 4. Varanger Fjord, Norwav, Juno 



(Nordvij. 

 4. Valkenswaard, II. .Hand, 23rd May 



(H. Seebohm). 



2. Valkenswaard, 24th May (H. S.). 

 1 . Valkenswaard, 28th INIav (if. -S.). 

 1. Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S.). 



3. Hdtliiiii. Holland, June (T. Holland). 



4. Holland. 



4. St. Humbert, Belgium, 6th Juno 



(,/. Baker). 

 1. San Lucas, Spain (H. Saunders: 



Hargift Coll.). 

 4. Yarkand, Central Asia, 22iid A]iril 



(./. Scull//). 

 4. Yarkand, 22nd April (J. S.). 



Montagu Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Rev. A. II. Macpherson [P.]. 

 Col. II. W. Feilden [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Cull. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



