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Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 243 (1873) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. 

 p. 94, pi. 33 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 322 (1887) ; 

 id. Eggs of Brit, Birds, p. 132, pi. 45. tigs. 4, 5 (1896) ; Poynting, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 243, pis. 51, 52 (1895-6) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxiv. p. 341 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 157 (1899). 

 Numenius liueatus, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 906 (1880) 



The eggs of the Common Curlew are chiefly pyriform, hut a few 

 are of a pointed oval form. Many have a fair amount of gloss, 

 others have it faintly indicated, and some are gloss-less. The 

 ground-colour is of various shades of olive-green, and occasionally 

 of a huff' or stone-colour. The surface-markings consist of spots 

 and blotches of dark brown, umber-brown, or yellowish brown, 

 and they are very evenly distributed over the whole shell. The 

 underlying markings are of a pale purple colour. On some examples 

 the markings are small and well-defined ; on others they are large, 

 and confluent over the larger half of the egg, but they seldom form 

 any well-marked cap. On some specimens the markings are 

 everywhere pale, on others they are very dark. The eggs measure 

 from 2-4 to 2-9 in length, and from 1'75 to 2 in breadth. 



4. Loch Luichart, Ross-shire ( W. 

 McRae : Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Loch Luichart, 26th April (E. Har- 



^ ffitt). 



4. Knockie, Inverness (Hargitt Coll.}. 

 2. Knockie (Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Knockie (J. Richmond : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 4. Knockie, 29th April (E. Hargitt}. 



3. Knockie, 3rd May (E. H.}. 



4. Knockie, 31st May (E. H.}. 



3. Strathglass, Inverness (Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Dumfries-shire, 22nd April. 

 4. Dumfries-shire, 25th April. 

 4. Dumfries-shire, 26th April. 



2. Stouprigg, Northumberland, 18th 



May. 

 4. Alnwick Moor, Northumberland, 



30th April. 

 4. Mucklemoos, Northumberland, 14th 



May. 

 2. Ilutton Moor, Cumberland (Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



2. Risley Moss, Lancashire (E. Cross- 



field: Hargitt Coll.}. 

 1. South Wales (Doncaster). 

 6. Holland (J. Baker}. 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland, 16th May 



(H. Seebohm $ H. J. Wharton}. 



3. Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S. $ 



H. J. W.). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 T. Brown, Esq. 

 T. Brown, Esq. 

 T. Brown, Esq. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



R. Turnbull, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Se^bohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Cell. 



Seebohin Coll. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



