VANELLTJS. 15 



others a clear olive. Six examples vary from 1*85 to 2*02 in 

 length, and from 1-35 to 1-4 in breadth. 



2. Chile. Old Collection. 

 1. Chile (E. C. Reed). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus VANELLUS, Briss. 



Vanellus vanellus (Linn.). 



Charadrius vanellus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vb'g. tab. Iviii. fig. 4, a-f 



(1845-54). 



Vanellus cristatus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 6. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; 

 Heioitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 301, pi. Ixxviii. (1856); 



O J T/-.V, TO>71 . OO> O-..77-. Oi T71 . * ' -I A/^ 



pl. 40. figs. 7, 9 (1890). 

 Vanellus vulgaris, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 545 (1875) : Poynting. 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 63, pl. 16 (1895-6). 

 Vanellus vanellus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 166 (1896) id 



Hand-l i. p. 151 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Lapwing are sharply pyriform. Some 

 are slightly glossy; the majority are, however, gloss-less. The 

 ground is very variable, being pale olive, pale buff, stone-colour or 

 olive-buff. The markings consist of spots and blotches of blackish 

 brown, black and underlying pale purple. They are small and 

 thickly set on some specimens, large and sparse on others. The eggs 

 measure from 1- 75 to 2 in length, and from 1*25 to 1-4 in breadth, 



3. Loch Stenness, Orkneys, 19th May Seebohm Coll. 



(E. Hai-gitt). 



4. Loch Stenness, 19th May (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Orphir, Orkneys, 15th May (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Loch Luichart, Ross, 15th May Seebohm Coll. 



W. McRae-. Hargitt Coll.}. 

 4. Loch Luichart, 20th May (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Loch Luichart, June ( W. McRae ; Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Loch Luichart( W. McRae: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.}. 

 '24. Knockie, Inverness (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Ashopton, Derbyshire, April (//. Seebohm Coll. 



Seeboh-ni). 



3. Ashopton, 20th April (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Ashopton, 20th April (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Longshaw, Derbyshire (Gordon). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, April. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Sherwood Forest, 7th April (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



4. Sherwood Forest, 7th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Sherwood Forest (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Finchley, Middlesex, 30th April Salvin-Godman Coll 



(H. Burton). 



