EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 41 



254. Greater Ykllow-legs, Totanus melanoleucus. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, pyriform, pale greenish yellow, spotted and blotched 

 with umber and pale purplish gray ; 1.56 -|- ^-25 to 1.58 -|- 2.30. 

 Breeds in North Temperate and sub-Arctic ISToith America, in 

 May. 



255. Yellow-legs, Totanus flavipes. Eggs, 2 or 4, i^yri- 

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

 irregularly with umber brown of varying shades; 1.15 -\- 1.60 

 to 1.20 -\- 1.80. Known by the size and light ground-color. 

 Breeds in North Temperate and sub-Arctic North America. 



256. Solitary Sandpiper, Totanus solitarius. Eggs, 2 to 

 4, pyriform, varying from creamy to pale buff, spotted and 

 blotched, usually quite coarsely, with brown of varying shades, 

 but generally dark; .95 + 1.35 to 1.00 -|- 1.40. The eggs 

 described are from Utah, and were placed on the ground. 

 Breeds in Northern North America, from Utah and Northern 

 New England, northward. 



257. Green Sandpiper, Totamts ochropus. Eggs, 3 or 4, 

 pear-shaped, grayish green, sparingly spotted and blotched 

 with pale purplish gray and dark brown; 1.08 -j- 1.50 to 1.12* 

 -|- 1.55. Eggs placed in trees, in the deserted nests of large 

 birds. Breeds in the northern ])ortions of the Old World ; 

 bird accidental in Nova Scotia. 



258. WiLLET, Symphemia semipalmata. Eggs, 3 or 4, 

 rather blunt pyriform, varying from creamy to greenish, usually 

 of the latter shade, spotted and blotched irregularly and quite 

 thickly with rounded marks of reddish brown umber and lilac; 

 1.90 -j- 2.18 to 1.45 + 1.58. Breeds from Southern New Eng- 

 land and Western Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, east of the 

 Mississippi River; also in the Bahamas. 



258a. Western Willet, Symphemia sem.xpalm.ata inor- 

 nata. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 258. Breeds 

 throughout the Central Plains, in May. This sub-species has 

 been described by Mr. William Brewster, in the " Auk," April, 



1887. 



