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42 EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
523. Mountain Plover—popasocys MONTANUS, Greenish-brown, finely 
and thickly dotted with very dark brown and black, pyriform; two to four; 
1.40 by 1.10, v. Nests in a depression of the ground. E. Ne A: 
525. American Woodcock—PHILOHELA MINOR. Creamy or buff, irreg- 
ularly and thickly spotted with pale, reddish-brown of varying shades; four; 
1.65 by 1.10, 7. Nests ina depression of the ground. E. N. A. 
526a. Wilson’s Snipe—GALLINAGO MEDIA WILSONI. Varying from a 
erayish-olive to greenish-brown and yellowish-ash, spotted and blotched 
with reddish-brown, umber, and sometimes with lines of black; three or 
four; 1.55 by 1.10... Nests on the ground. N. A. 
527. Red-breasted Snipe; Gray Snipe—MACRORHAMPHUS GRIsSEuS. The 
eggs of this species cannot, with certainty, be distinguished from those of 
Wilson’s Snipe; four; 1.62 by 1.12. Nests on the ground. N. A. 
529. Knot; Robin Snipe—rrInGA CANUTUS. Varying from greenish 
to yellowish-ash, dotted irregularly, with different shades of umber and 
reddish-brown, pyriform; four; 1.32 by .g8. Nests in a hollow of the 
ground. Northern Hemisphere. 
530. Purple Sandpiper—ARQUATELLA MARITIMA. Clay color, shaded 
with olivaceous, with large and distinct markings of rich umber-brown of 
different depths of intensity all over the shell, but most numerous as well 
as largest on the greater half, pyriform; three or four; 1.40 by 1. Nests 
in a hollow of the ground. ’ N. A. 
537. Baird’s Sandpiper — ACTODROMAS BAIRDI. Buff or clay-colored, 
spotted and blotched with varying shades of chestnut-brown; four; 1.30 by 
.90, v. Nests in a hollow of the ground. N. A. 
538. Least Sandpiper—AcTODROMAS MINUTILLA. Creamy or buff-color, 
spotted and blotched irregularly and thickly with different shades of brown; 
three or four; .95 by .75. Nests in a depression of the ground. N. A. 
541. Semipalmated Sandpiper—EREUNETES PUSILLUS. Variable shade 
of drab, dotted and blotched with brown of varying shades, pyriform; four; 
1.22 by .83. Nests ina depression of the ground. N. A. 
542. Sanderling—cALIDRIS ARENARIA. Ashy or greenish-brown, spot- 
ted and blotched with brown of different shades, pyriform; four; 1.35 by 
.72. Nests in a depression of the ground. Temperate regions of N. A. 
543. Marbled Godwit—timosa FrazpA. Creamy or buff, spotted and 
blotched, rather sparcely, with yellowish brown of varying shades, long 
oval; four; 2.25 by 1.45, v. Nests in a hollow of the ground. N. AL 
