EGG CHECK LIST OF.NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 4] 
507. American Oystercatcher — HA:MATOPUS PALLIATUS Creamy or 
white, spotted and blotched irregularly with varying shades of brown, rather 
oval; two to four; 2.15 by 1.50,7. Eggs laid in a hollow on the ground. 
Atlantic Coast—Fla. 
509. ‘Turnstone — STREPSILAS INTERPRES. Greenish - ash, spotted, 
blotched and dotted irregularly and thickly with yellowish and umber- 
brown, pyriform; two to four; 1.60 by 1.18,7. Eggs placed on the 
ground ina depression of the soil. Sea coasts of nearly all countries. 
513. Black-bellied Plover — souaTAROLA HELVETICA. Brownish-drab 
or clay color, thickly marked with spots and blotches of brownish-black, 
often confluent and sometimes very irregular at the greater end, pyriform; 
four; 2. by 1.40,v. Eggs placed in a depression of the soil. N. A. 
515. . American Golden Plover—cnuaraprius pominicus. Deep choco- 
late-brown, spotted and blotched irregularly with confluent markings of 
varying shades of brown; two to four. Nest composed of a few leaves 
within a natural cavity of the ground. This bird breeds in thearctic re- 
gions. N. A. 
516. Killdeer—oxyecuus vocirErus. Drab or clay-color, thickly spot-. 
ted and blotched with blackish-brown and umber, small end quite pointed, as 
is usually the case with all eggs of birds of this order; four; 1.50 by 1.12, v. 
Eggs placed in a depression of the ground. N. A. 
517. Semipalmated Plover—asGIALITES SEMIPALMATUs. Varying from 
greenish to yellowish-ash, spotted, blotched and dotted with varying shades 
of brown, pyriform; two to four; 1.25 by .93, v. Nests ina natural cavity 
of the ground. N. A. 
520. Piping Plover — #GIALITES MELODUS. Clay or creamy-brown, 
marked nearly uniformly all over, but sparsely, with small, blackish-brown 
dots and specks, but no spots or irregular lines. The dottings are sometimes 
extremely fine, mere points, mingled with a few obscure shell-markings of 
lilac and lavender; four or five; 1.20 by 1., 7. Nests in a depression of the 
ground. WSs 
522. Wilson’s Plover—ocHTHODROMUs WILSONIUS. Creamy, finely and 
thickly spotted with black, dark and umber-brown—some of the spots are 
very obscure, as it were on the inside of the shell, pyriform; four; 1.76 by 
1.28. I fail to see lines or scrolls of any kind on the surface of this ege 
as some authors hav ~ ed. Nests in a slight depression of the ground. 
(See Notes.) E. N. A. 
