184. ACTITIS MACULARIA. 
ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linneus). 
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
§ 38858. One.—From Mr. Yarrell, 1846. 
This was given to me as the egg of the Sanderling [Calidris 
arenaria| by Mr. Yarrell, 1 November, 1846. I believe he had it 
from Green. It agrees exactly with the one he had given him by 
Dr. Pitman, and also with an original picture sent him by 
Thienemann, which he shewed to me, except that the spots in the 
picture are rather dark brown than black. Sed querendum est, 
J.W., 1 November, 1847. 
[The above note shews the kind of doubts and difficulties which beset the 
oologists of a former generation. The specimen agrees wholly with the now 
well-known eggs of A. macularia, and I refer it without hesitation to that 
species. ‘The three eggs figured in 1851 by Thienemann for the Sanderling 
(Fortpflanz. d. gesam. Vogel, tab, xlii. 2, a-c) seem to be Dunlings’. His eight 
Spotted Sandpipers’ (tab. xlv. 4, a-h) look right enough. | 
§ 3859. One.—From Dr. Brewer, of Boston, through Mr. James 
H. Tuke, 1846. 
§ 3860. One.—From Mr. Green, 26 November, 1846. 
§ 3861. One.—From Dr. Brewer, 1848. 
3862. Zio. 
LS © (Brom Mr. R. Downes, of Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, 1852. 
[§ 3863. One. 
[§ 3864. Zwo.—From Mr. R. Downes, 1853.] 
[§ 3865. at Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake. From the 
Smithsonian Institution, through Professor 
[§ 3866. Zwo. Baird. 
The labels accompanying these eggs shew that they were obtained by 
Mz. L. Clarke, during the expedition of Mr. B. R. Ress, With the first set 
the female Lird was sent (no. 27744). | 
