2 SCOLOPACID^. 



A fourth, obtained on the banks of a small river, held four eggs whose contents 

 were, however, in a far less developed condition than the others." 



The late Dr. T. M. Brewer, describing the eggs of this Sandpiper, wTites*: — 

 " Eggs of this species found on the Barren Grounds, near the Arctic coast, by 

 Mr. MacFarlane (S. I. No. 11329), are pyriform in shape, and have a ground- 

 color of a rufous drab marked with bold patches of dark sepia brown, interspersed 

 with spots in which this shade is deepened almost into blackness, and which are 

 collected in confluent groupings around the larger end. These eggs measure 

 1'35 inches in length by "95 in breadth." 



* ' Water Birds of North America,' vol. i. p. 229. 



