BARTEAM'S SANDPIPER. 5 



species — always four in number — vary in length from 1"79 to 1'86 inches, and in 

 breadth from 1'35 to 1*44 inches. Their ground-color is usually a deep pinkish 

 drab, and over this are distributed small roundish spottings of a burnt-sienna tint. 

 These are rather sparsely scattered over the smaller end of the egg, but become 

 more densely aggregated about the larger portion. In others the ground-color is 

 more of a cream-colored drab, without any perceptible shading of pink. In 

 a few the ground is a pale pearly-white color, with a faint shading of cream- 

 color. In these the markings are usually blotches of various shades of a 

 purplish slate, much scattered, and overlain by spottings of a deep sepia, which 

 become confluent at the greater end. The shape of the eggs is a slightly rounded 

 oval, strongly tapering at one end and rounded at the other ; their number is 

 uniformly four." 



