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CHAR.'.DKIID^. 



Genus ARaUATELLA, Baird. 

 Arquatella maritima (Gm.). 



Tringa maritima, Thien. Foitpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixii. fi^. 1, rt-e (1845-54) ; 



Baedeker, Bier Bvr. Voy. tab. 71. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Seehohm, Brit. 



Birds, iii. p. 192, pi. ai (1885); id. Geogr. Bistr. Charadriidce, 



p. 428 (1887) ; id. Byys of Brit. Birds, p. 146, pi. 43. figs. 2, 5 (1896). 

 Tringa striata. Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. U9 (1877) ; Poyiitiny, Eqqs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 167, pi. 36 (1895-6) ; Trevor Battye, Btis, 1897, p. 589. 

 Arquatella maritima, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 578 (1896) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 164 (1899). 



The eggs of the Purple Sandpiper are pyrii'orm, rather gloss)^ 

 and very variable in colour. The ground-colour ranges from pale 

 green of different shades to pale olive-buff and pale buflSsh brown. 

 The markings are bold, and consist of spots and large blotches of 

 yellowish brown, umber-brown, blackish brown, and pale underlying 

 purple. On the majority of specimens these are pretty evenly 

 distributed over the whole shell, in others they are larger and 

 more frequent at tlie broad end, where they become confluent and 

 form an imperfect zone or cap. Numerous specimens vary from 

 1*35 to 1-55 in length, and from 1*02 to 1-1 in breadth. 



4. Greenland. 



1. Greenland (Holholl). 

 4. Greenland {Holholl). 

 4. Greenland (E. Feneker). 

 3. Egadisminde, Greenland. 



3. Faroe Islands {J. JJ'ullei/). 



2. Faroe Island.s (H. C. MiiUer : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Faroe Islands {H. C. M. : Hai-yitt 



Coll.). 



3. Faroe Islands {H. C. M. : Haryitt 



Coll.). 

 3. Faroe Islands {H. C. M. : Harqift 

 Coll.). 



3. Faroe Islands, 20th May (if. C. M. 



Harqitt Coll.). 



1. Faroe Islands, 1st June {H. C. M. : 



Harqitt Coll.). 



4. Faroe IsL.i.as, 2nd June {H. C. M. . 



Haryitt Coll.). 



3. Faroe Islands, 3rd June {H. C. M. : 



Harqitt Coll.). 



2. Faroe Islands, 3rd June {H. C. M. . 



Haryitt Coll.). 



4. I'artie Islands, 6th June (H. C. M. : 



Haryitt Coll.). 

 4. Faroe L-lands, 7tb June [H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Faroe Islands, 13th June (H. C. M. . 



Haryitt Coll.). 

 2. Faroe Islands, 15th June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Cull. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



