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those of Hoplopterus speciosus, which breeds in the same localities. 

 They measure from 1-43 to 1/7 in length, and from 1*07 to 1/2 in 

 breadth. 



2. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard). E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Cape Colony (E. L. L.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Potchef stroom, Transvaal ( T. Ayres} . Seebohm Coll.' 



Genus SdUATAROLA, Leach. 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). 



Squatarola helvetica, Newton, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 398, pi. xxxix. fig. 2 ; 



Dresser, Birds JEur. vii. p. 455 (1871), p. 465 (1876) ; Seebohm $ 



Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 222, pi. v. ; Lec/ge, Birds Ceylon, p. 929 



(1880) ; Poyntinff, Eggs of Brit, Birds, p. 55, pis. 13, 14 (1895-6) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 182 (1896) ; id. Hand-l i. p. 152 



(1899). 

 Charadriua helveticus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 44, pi. 25 (1885)-; id. 



Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 102 (1887) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 126, pi. 39. figs. 7, 9 (1896). 



The eggs of the Grey Plover are sharply pyriform and have a 

 very faint gloss. The ground-colour is greenish grey, olive, or 

 olive-buff, and it is rather boldly spotted and blotched with dark 

 brown, black, and very pale, inconspicuous, underlying purple. On 

 a few specimens the markings are small and delicate, consisting 

 chiefly of small spots arid short lines ; the majority, however, are 

 coarsely marked with confluent blotches. The eggs measure from 

 1/9 to 2'15 in length, and from 1/4 to 1-45 in breadth. 



1. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm $ J. A. Harvie- 



Brown}. 

 1. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. 8rJ.A.H.-B.). 

 3. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. $ J. A. H.-B.). 



3. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 4th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. $ J. A. H.-B.}. 



4. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 9th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S. % J. A. H.-B.}. 



1. R. Petchora, lat. 68 N., 12th July Seebohm Coll. 

 (H. S. $ J. A. H.-B.). 



Genus CHARADRIUS, Linn. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Linn. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. lix. fig. 1, a-f 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 291, pi. Ixxvi. 

 fig. ii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 435 (1871) ; Seebohm $ 

 Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 221 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 152 ; id. 

 Brit. Birds, iii. p. 35, pi. 25 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, 



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