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ERETTNETES. — TRYNGITES. 51 



Genus EREUNETES, lllirjer. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). 



(Plate II. figs. 6 & 7.) 



Ereunetes pusillus, Bah-tl, Breicer ^ Ridgto. Water Birds N. Am. i. 

 p. 205 (1884) ; Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 402 (1887) ; 

 MucFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. xiv. p. 427 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 514 (1896); id. Hand-l. i. p. 162 (1899). 



The eggs of the Canadian Semipalmated Sandpiper are pyriform 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The specimens in the 

 Collection are of two types. In one the ground-colour is pale buff, 

 and this is very thickly mottled and speckled with rich rufous 

 brown. In the other the ground is greyish cream-colour, and this 

 is blotched and spotted with sepia, brown, and pale under-lying 

 purple. Eight examples measure from 1*2 to 1-25 in length, and 

 from '84 to -9 in breadth. 



4. North America (Hensha^v Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America {Capt. Collinson). Voy. H.M.S. ' Eutei-prise.' 



2. Franklin Bay, 4th July {R. Mac- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Far lane). 

 1. Anderson lliver, Arctic America Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (R. MacF.). 



Sub-Family SCOLOPACIN^. 

 Genus TRYNGITES, Cah. 



Tryngites subruficollis (F.). 



Tryngites rufescens, Newton, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 165, pi. xv. fig. 4 ; Dresser^ 

 Birds Fur. viii. p. Ill (1876) ; Baird, Brewer S; Ridgiv. Water Birds 

 N. Am. i. p. 305 (1884) : Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 226, pi. .31 

 (1885); id. Fqys of Brit. Birds, p. 151, pi. 43. fig-. 11 (1896); 

 Poynting, Egg's of Brit. Birds, p. 183, pi. 39 (1895-6). 



Tringa rufescens, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 446 (1887). 



Tryngites subruficollis, MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 428 

 (1891); Sharjje, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 521 (1896); id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 162 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in the Collection are 

 pyriform and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is ver}- pale 

 greenish white, thickly and rather coarsely blotched with umber- 

 brown and underlying pale purple. Intermingled with the blotches 

 are some smaller markings. In one example the blotches are much 

 larger at the broad end than elsewhere, in the other they are of 

 much the same size over the whole surface of the shell. The 

 specimens measure respectively: 1"43 by I'Oo ; ]'4 by 1'03. 



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