TRINGA STRIATA.—-EREUNETES PUSILLUS. pai 
[§ 4106. Three.—Molus-cross, Treurenberg Bay, Spitsbergen, 
a duly, L873. From Mr Ash eaion 
Mr. Eaton accompanied Mr. Benjamin Leigh Smith on his voyage in 1875, 
and kindly gave me these, with other eggs, on his return. They were found, 
he said, by either Mr. Smith or Mr. Potter. Tlis notes on the species as 
observed by him are in ‘ The Zoologist’ for 1874 (p. 3809). | 
[§ 4107. Zwo—Fnjoskadalr, North-eastern Iceland, 25 June, 
1885. From Mr. Thomas Carter, 1903. 
Obtained by Mr. Carter during his visit to Ieeland in company with 
Mr. H. H. Slater.] 
[§ 4108. One.—Hyjafjordr, Northern Iceland, May, 1891. 
From Conservator Scheel, 1893. 
This was given to my brother Edward at Copenhagen by Herr Scheel, who 
is Conservator of the Zoological Museum there, and said it was one of two 
brought to him by a young man, who said he took it as above and described 
the bird as being reddish. Herr Scheel accordingly thought that it must be 
the eeg of Tringa canutus; but to both my brother and myself it seems to be 
that of a Purple Sandpiper, though a conspicuously coloured one. It is also 
above the usual size, measuring 1°6 by 1:09 inch. | 
EREUNETES PUSILLUS (Linneus). 
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. 
}§ 4109. Two.—Fort George, Hudson’s Bay, July, 1860. 
From the Smithsonian Institution, through Prof. Baird, 
S66. 
The Smithsonian ticket states that these were obtained as above “ with 
parent ” by Mr. C. Drexler. ] 
i§ 4110. Zwo.—Arctic Coast, east of Anderson River, 3 July, 
186—? From the Smithsonian Institution, through Prof. 
Baird, 1866. 
Obtained by Mr. R. MacFarlane as above. The accompanying ticket has 
““{wo eggs, two broken, nest on marsh near sea, Q Parent 80072.” In his 
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