1 66 PEEWIT. 



deep shades of brown. In general they are of a deep 

 dull green colour, blotted and irregularly marked with 

 brownish black. They are wide at one end and taper 

 to the other, as is the case with birds of this class. 

 They are hatched in fifteen or sixteen days. 



One variety is of a light yellowish-olive ground 

 colour, spotted and marked over with dark brown and 

 grey. 



A second is dark green, smeared over in some 

 parts with a light greenish brown, and spotted also 

 with very dark brownish black spots, and several large 

 marks of the same. 



A third is pale dull cream-coloured, with some 

 rather large and some smaller blots, dots, and marks, 

 of a rich dark brown, and a few light grey spots. 



A fourth is of a very pale yellowish grey ground 

 colour: it is spotted over with small spots of dull green 

 and grey. 



A fifth is a dull dark-yellow ground, with large 

 blots of dark brown, and a few smaller marks of the 

 same. 



A sixth is dull yellowish with a tinge of red, 

 spotted and blotted over with dark reddish brown. 



