EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 45 
545, Hudsonian Godwit—.imosa HasmaAstTicA. Heavily shaded olive- 
drab, almost as dark as in a Loon’s egg, obscurely spotted and blotched 
with dark-brown; three or four; 2.15 by 1.38. Nests in a depression of 
the ground. . NENA 
548. Greater Yellow-legs; Tell-tale—roraNnus MELANOLEUCUS. Grayish- 
white, marked with spots of dark brown, varying in intensity of shade, 
together with obscure shell markings of lilac. The markings are over the 
entire surface, but more numerous at the larger end; four; 1.75 by 1.25. 
Nests in a hollow of the ground. Western Hemisphere. 
549. Vellow-legs—roranus FLAVIPES. Varying from a clay to buffy or 
creamy color, sometimes light-brown, the markings are bold and heavy, 
_ with great diversity of heavily splashed blotches of chocolate, umber-brown 
and blackish, these being chiefly at the larger end and sometimes 
confluent. Paler shell markings are also numerous and noticeable; four; 
1.65 by 1.20. Nests in a hollow of the ground. Western Hemisphere. 
550. Solitary Sandpiper — RHYACOPHILUS SOLITARIUS. Light drab, 
marked with spots of brown, some quite dark, nowhere confluent; two to 
four; 1.40 by 1.10. Nests in a hollow of the ground. Western Hemisphere. 
552. Willet—syMPHEMIA SEMIPALMATA. Varying froma brownish olive 
to a greenish or grayish-white, marked with bold spots of various shades 
of umber-brown, with obscure shell-markings. They are less pointedly 
pyriform than the eggs of tne smaller Tattlers and Sandpipers; four; 2. 
by 1.45. Nests in a depression of ‘the ground. Temperate N, A. 
555.  Bartram’s Sandpiper; Field Plover—BaRTRAMIA LONGICAUDA. Pale 
clay or buff, thickly spotted with umber and yellowish-brown; four; 1.75 
by 1.28. Nests in a depression of the ground. N. A. 
956. Buffbreasted Sandpiper—rryNGITES RUFESCENS. Clay color of 
various shades, sharply spotted and blotched with rich umber-brown, point- 
edly pyriform; four; 1.45 by 1.05, v. Nests on the ground ina slight de- 
pression. N. A. 
5d¢. Spotted Sandpiper—rrIncoIDEs MACULARIUS. Of a creamy, buff 
or clay color, blotched, spotted and dotted with blackish-brown; four; fe sat 
by .92. The nest of this Sandpiper is built on the ground, usually in the 
shelter of high weeds or grass on a sandy island or border of a cultivated 
meadow, near water. N. A. 
958. Long-billed Curlew—NnuMENIus LoncrRostris. Clay or buff in 
color, marked with umber of different shades, in the buffy-tinged specimens 
