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CHABA.DRIIDJE. 



Genus ARCtUATELLA, Baird. 



Arquatella maritima (Gm.}. 



Tringa maritima, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixii. fig 1 . 1, a-e*(1845-54) ; 



Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 71. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Seebohm, Brit. 



Birds, in. p. 192, pi. 31 (1885) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, 



p. 428 (1887) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 146, pi. 43. figs. 2, 5 (1896). 

 Tringa striata, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. (39 (1877) ; Poynting, Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 167, pi. 36 (1895-6) ; Trevor Battye, Ibis, 1897, p. 589. 

 Arquatella maritima, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 578 (1896) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 164 (1899). 



The eggs of the Purple Sandpiper are pyriform, rather glossy ,. 

 and very variable in colour. The ground-colour ranges from pale 

 green of different shades to pale olive-buff and pale huffish brown. 

 The markings are bold, and consist of spots and large blotches of 

 yellowish brown, umber-brown, blackish brown, and pale underlying 

 purple. On the majority of specimens these are pretty evenly 

 distributed over the whole shell, in others they are larger and 

 more frequent at the broad end, where they become confluent and 

 form an imperfect zone or cap. Numerous specimens vary from 

 1'35 to l'5o in length, and from 1'02 to !! in breadth. 



4. Greenland. 



1. Greenland (Holboll}. 

 4. Greenland (Holboll}. 



4. Greenland (E. Feneker}. 



3. Egadisminde, Greenland. 



3. Faroe Islands (J. Wolley}. 



2. Faroe Islands (H. C. Midler: 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll}. 



.3. Faroe Islands (H. C. M. ; Hargitt 

 Coll.}. 



3. Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hart/At 



Coll.). 



3. Faroe Islands, 20th May (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



1. Faroe Islands, 1st June (H. C. M. . 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



4. Faroe IsL.nas, 2nd June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



3. Faroe Islands, 3rd June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Faroe Islands, 3rd June (H. C. M. , 



Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Faroe Islands, 6th June (H. C. M. . 



Haryitt Coll.}. 

 4. Faroe Islands, 7th June (H. C. M. . 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 4. Faroe Islands, 13th June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 2. Faroe Islands, 1 5th June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Cull.}. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



