6 SCOLOPACID.^. 



Mr. Seebohm states that the eggs of this species "vary in length from 1-38 

 to 1"25 inch, and in breadth from -95 to -87 inch." * 



Mr. H. E, Dresser states that a series of nearly thirty eggs of this species 

 in his collection, all obtained in Lapland, measure from 1"25 by '92 inch to 

 1-22 by -85 inch, f 



* ' History of British Birds,' vol. ili. p. 200. 



t ' History of the Birds of Europe,' vol. viii. p. 8. 



