LIMOSA. SYMFHEMIA. 41 



4. Vegesack, near Bremen (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Tarm, Jutland (H. J. Elwes $ H. Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm). 



4. Jutland, 15th May. J. Stares & E. Earle, Esqrs. [P.J. 



Limosa hudsonica (Lath.}. 

 (Plate II. fig. 11.) 



Limosa haemastica, Baird, Brewer fy Ridyw. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 200 (1884) ; MacFarlane, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 428 (1891). 

 Limosa hudsonica, Seeltvhm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidcs, p. 392(1887)'; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 388 (1890) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 159 



(1899). 



The eggs of the American Black-tailed Godwit, or Hudsonian 

 Godwit, do not appear to be separable from the eggs of L. Umosa, 

 but it may be noted that the three examples in the Collection are 

 very lengthened and narrow. They measure respectively : 2'15 by 

 1-3; 2-15 by 1-4; 2'1 by 1-4 



2. Hudson's Bay. Gould Coll. 



1. Hudson's Bay. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus SYMPHEMIA, Eafin. 



Symphemia semipalmata (Gm.}. 



Totanus semipalmatus, Thien. Fortpfanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixiv. fig. 1 



(1845-54); Seebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadriidce,^. 358 (1887). 

 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vb'y. tab. 30. fig. 6 



(1854-63). 

 Symphemia semipalmata, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. v. p. 15, pi. (1876) ; 



Baird, Brewer $ Ridyw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 285 (1884) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 'M. xxiv. p. 405 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 160 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Willet are pyriform, and possess a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground-colour is very variable, being pale 

 greyish-green, pale buff, stone-colour or brownish buff, and this is 

 spotted and blotched, more thickly at the broad end than elsewhere, 

 with yellowish-, umber-, or dark chocolate-brown, together with some 

 underlying inky purple. On some specimens the markings^are small, 

 on others they are of large size and frequently confluent. The eggs 

 measure from 2-02 to 2-2 in length, and from 1*4 to 1-55 in 

 breadth. 



5. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America. A. P. Bartlett, Esq. [P.]. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Col 



1. North America (T. M. Brewer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. North America (Haryitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Utah. Seebohm Coll. 

 0. Utah. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Cobbs Island, Virginia, 30th May. Seebohm Coll. 



