4 SCOLOPACID^. 



latter species is less olive. Eggs of the Dunlin resemble very closely those of the 

 Purple Sandpiper, but are smaller." 



Mr. H. E. Dresser states that he possesses a considerable series of eggs 

 of this species, obtained from Greenland and the Faeroes, the measurements 

 of which vary from 1-52 by 1-1 inch to 1-4 by 1 inch.* 



* ' History of the Birds of Europe,' vol. viii. p. 75. 



