BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 



PLATE CLXXVI. FIG. I. 



Tringa platyrliyncha, GOULD. 



THIS bird is late in laying its eggs; they nave been found not yet 

 sat upon on the 24th. of June, and the young still unable to fly the 

 last week in the following month. The nest is placed in a hummock 

 of grass. 



The eggs are, in general, of a deep chocolate-colour, sometimes 

 spotted and mottled with a darker shade of the same. They are four 

 in number. 



