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■greenish white, but soaietimes it is pule buff and rarely a rather 

 bright buff. The markings consist of spots and blotches of rich 

 reddish-brown, chocolate-brown, and pale underlying lilac. The 

 majority of the specimens are boldly blotched at the larger end and 

 spotted elsewhere. Some are marked with a profusion of spots at 

 the large end and with merely a few specks on the other parts of 

 the shell. Some others again are very evenly marked all over. 

 The eggs vary from 1-41 to 1-55 in length, and from 1 to I'l in 

 breadtli. 



1. Lapland (/. Wolley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Laplaud, 31st Mav {J. W.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Lapland (/. W.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Varanger Fjord, Laplaud, June Seebohm Coll. 



{Nordm) 



4. Varanger Fjord, June (Xordn). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Varanger Fjord, June (Nordui). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Valkeuswaard, ILjllaud {J. Baker). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Valkeuswaard (J. B.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Vallcenswaard (J. B.). Salviu-Goduian Coll. 

 3. Valkeusw.aard {J. B.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Valkeuswaard, 14th May {H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



boh III). 

 3. Valkeuswaard, 23rd May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus PAVONCELLA, Leach. 

 Pavoncella puguax (Linn.). 



Tringa puguax, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes.\Vd(/. tab. Isi. fig. 2, a-o (1845-54). 



Machetes pugnax, Baedeker, Bier Bur. Voff. tab. 37. tig. 1 (1855-03) ; 

 Hewitson, Bygs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 345, pi. xcv. (1856) ; Seebohm Sf 

 Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 292 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. S7 

 (1878) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 151 ; Leytje, Birds Ceylon, p. 873 

 (1880) ; I'oyntiny, Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. J7y, pi. 38 (1895-6). 



Totauus puguax, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 113, pi. 29 (lb85) ; id. 

 Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 373 (1887) ; id. Eyys of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 135, pi. 42. figs. 4, 6 (1896). 



Pavoucella pugnax, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 500 (1896) ; id. 

 Hand-/, i. p. 162 (1899). 



The eggs of the Ruff are pyriform, and fairly glossy. The 

 ground-colour varies from pale grey to olive-green. The surface- 

 markings consist of spots and blotches of dark rich brown, or umber- 

 brown, and these are large and confluent at the broad end, where 

 they form an irregular cap. The underlying markings are pale 

 purplish brown, and usually take the shape of smears and clouds. 

 The eggs measure from 1-6 to 1-85 in length, and from 1-15 to 1-25 

 in breadth. 



1. Muonioniska, Laplaud {Nordvi: Seebohm Coll. 



Ilaryitt Coll.). 

 4. yLuomomska, (JS'ordri: Ilaryitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kyri), Lapland, 9th June {J. Wolley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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