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sepia brown ; .95 -\- 1,35 to 1.00 -\- 1.40. Breeds in the far 

 north of Eastern North America. 



241. Baikd's Sandpiper, Tringa bairdi. Eggs, 2 to 4, pyri- 

 form, varying from ashy yellow to buff, spotted and blotched 

 with brown of two or three shades; .90 -j- 1.28 to .95 -|- 1.35. 

 Breeds in the interior of Northern North America, in May. 



242. Least Sandpiper, Tringa minutilta. Eggs, 3 or 4, 

 pyriform, varying from creamy to buff, spotted and blotched 

 irregularly and quite thickly with brown and umber of varying 

 shades; .70 -|- .90 to .75 -}- 1.00. Known by the small size 

 and form. Breeds in North America, north of the United 

 States. 



243. Dunlin, Tringa alpina. Eggs, 2 to 4, pyriform, 

 varying from greenish to yellowish, blotched and dotted 

 irregularly and thickly with rounded marks of reddish brown 

 of several shades; .95 + 1.30 to 1.00 + 1.35. Known by 

 the greenish color, size, and coarse markings. Extralimital ; 

 occurs in the northern parts of the Old World ; accidental in 

 North America. 



243a. Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa alpina pacifica. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 243. Breeds in the 

 extreme northern portion of North America. 



244. Curlew Sandpiper, Tringa ferruginea. Eggs, un- 

 known. Extralimital ; occurs in the Old World ; accidental in 

 North America. 



244a. Damacen Sandpiper, Tringa damacensis. Eggs, 

 unknown. This species only claims a place in our fauna 

 through a specimen having been taken in Alaska, on Otter 

 Island, Bering's Sea. 



245. Spoon-bill Sandpiper, Eurgnorhynchus pygmceus. 

 Eggs, unknown. Extralimital; occurs in Arctic Asia; acciden- 

 tal on the coast of Alaska. 



246. Semipalmated Sandpiper, Eretmetes pxisilhis. Eggs, 

 2 to 4, decidedly pyriform, varying from greenish to yellowish 

 ash, spotted, dotted, and blotched irregularly and thickly with 



