HELODROMAS. TKINGOIDES. 



2. Cards] o, Lapland, 26th May (K. W. Seebohm Coll. 



Wheelwright). 



3. Reval, Baltic Provinces (Russow). Seebohm Coll. 

 8. Schloss Nainpen, Pomerania, 10th Seebohm Coll. 



May (T. Holland). 



4. East. Pomerania, 18th Mav (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 

 1. East Pomerania (H. P. Hawkins). Seebohm Coll. 



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Genus TRINGOIDES, Bp. 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.). 



Totanus hypoleucus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixv. fig. 3, a-e 

 (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 333, pi. xc. tig. ii 

 (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 127 (1877) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 iii. p. 117, pi. 30 (1885); id. Geoff r. Distr. Charadriidce, p. 371 

 (1887); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 136, pi. 43. tigs. 1, 3 (1896); 

 Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 193, pi. 41 (1895-6) ; Wilson, 

 Jo'urn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 640 ^1899). 



Actitis hypoleucos, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 30. fig. 3 (1855-63). 



Tringoides hypoleucus, Leyge, Birds Ceylon, p. 867 (1880) ; Gates ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, iii. p. 352 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxiv. p. 456 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 161 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Sandpiper closely resemble the eggs of 

 the Green Sandpiper in shape and coloration. They are, however, 

 smaller and more glossy, many of them being indeed highly glossy. 

 The ground varies from cream- colour to a rich pinkish buff. The 

 markings consist of specks, spots, and small blotches of light and 

 dark reddish brown, chocolate-brown, and pale purple, the latter 

 underlying the others. On a few specimens the markings consist of 

 lines and scrawls, and occasionally of small cloudy smears, more or 

 less confluent. On the whole, however, they are distinct and 

 rounded. The eggs measure from 1'35 to 1*6 in length, and from 

 1 to 1-1 in breadth. 



3 Loch Luichart, Ross-shire, June Seebohm Coll. 



(W. McRae: Hargitt Coll.). 



4 Knoekie, Inverness-shire (Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Knoekie (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Knoekie (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Knoekie, 29th May (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4 Loch Cluny, Inverness-shire, 20th Seebohm Coll. 



May (Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Invermorriston, Inverness-shire (E. Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt). 



4. Invermorriston (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Invermorriston (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4 Loch End, Inverness-shire (E. H). Seebohm Coll. 



4* Loch End (E. H). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Loch End, 3rd June (E. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Cumberland (Hey sham). Gould Coll. 



4. Keswick, Cumberland (F. Nicholson). Seebohm Coll. 



