52 CHARADRIID^E. 



1. North America, Seebohm Coll. 



1. Anderson River, Arctic America, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 29th June (R. MacFarlane). 



Genus CALIDRIS, Illic/er. 



Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 



Tringa arenaria, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixii. fig. 2, a-c (1845- 



54) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, p. 431 (1887). 

 Calidris arenaria, Baedeker *, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 71. fig-. 5 (1855-63) ; 



Neivton, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 56, pi. iv. fig. 2 ; Dresser, Birds JEur. viii. 



p. 101 (1877) ; Feilden, Ibis, 1877, p. 406; id. in Nares's Narr. Voy. 



Polar Sea, ii. p. 210, pi. i. (1878) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 221, 



pi. 27 (1885); id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 150, pi. 41. fig. 4 (1896); 



Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 37 (1895-6); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 526 (1896) ; id. Hand-L i. p. 163 (1899). 



The two eggs of the Sanderling in the Collection are pyriform ; 

 one has a fair amount of gloss, the other is quite gloss-less. The 

 ground is olive-buff, and this is marked with pale olive-brown. 

 In one specimen the markings consist of small spots and specks 

 very evenly distributed over the shell ; in the other, of spots and 

 blotches more thickly set over the broad end than elsewhere. Both 

 examples have the usual underlying pale purple markings. They 

 measure respectively : 1-33 by -91 ; 1-37 by 1. 



1. Grinnell Land, lat. 82 S3' N., Voy. H.M.S. < Alert/ 



24th June (Col. H. W. Feilden). 

 Iceland ( W. Proctor). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus LIMONITES, Kaup. 

 Limonites minuta (Leisl.). 



Tringa miuiita, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixiii. fig. \,a,b (1845-54); 

 Dresser, Birds JEur. viii. p. 29 (1871), p. 39 (1876) ; Seebohm # 

 Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 294, pi. vii.; Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 150; 

 Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 884 (1880) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 204, 

 pi. 31 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriidcp,, p. 435 (1887) ; id. 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 148, pi. 44. tigs. 1, 3 (1896) ; Poynting, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 149, pis. 32, 33 (1895-6) ; Pearson, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 200 ; id. ' Beyond Petsora Eastwards] pi. (1899). 



Actodronms minutus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 71. fig. 11 

 (1855-63). 



Limonites minuta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 538 (1896) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 163 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Stint are pyriform and glossy. They are 

 rather variable in ground-colour and in the character of the 

 markings. The former varies from pale greenish grey to pale 

 brown and pale buff. The surface-markings are rich brown tinged 

 with rufous, and while in some specimens they consist of spots and 



* The specimens figured by Baedeker appear to be too large for the eggs of 

 the present species. 



