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works above quoted. A label attached to the egg declares ifc to be 

 " One of a clutch of four sent with the parent bird, shot on the nest, 

 to Henry Seebohm by Monsieur Verslev, the chief tenor of the opera 

 in Copenhagen, who received it from Coloniforsteher Bolbroc, who 

 procured it in 1875 on Disco in Greenland, near Godhavri, in 

 lat. 69." 



The egg is pyriform, somewhat lengthened and narrow, and with 

 a large amount of gloss. The ground is of a greyish cream-colour, 

 and this is boldly marked over the larger half with coarse blotches 

 of chestnut-brown and pale underlying purple. Intermingled with 

 these are some spots and lines of deep black. The smaller half of 

 the egg is marked with only a few rufous spots. The specimen 

 measures 1'61 by 1*08. 



1. Disco, Greenland. Seebohm Coll. 



Genus PELIDNA, Cuvier. 



Pelidna alpina (Linn.). 



Tringa cinclus, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vbg. tab. Ixii. tig. 3, a-m (1845-54). 



Pelidna cinclus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 71. fig. 9 (1855-63). 



Pelidna schinzii, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 71. fig. 10. 



Tringa variabilis, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 364, pi. cii. (1856). 



Tringa alpina, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 21 (1876) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, iii. p. 184, pi. 31 (1885); id. Geogr. Distr. Charadriida, 

 p. 425 (1887) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 144, pi. 43. figs. 7, 9 

 (1896) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 143, pi. 31 (1895-6). 



Pelidna alpina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 602 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 164 (1899). 



The eggs of the Dunlin resemble those of the Purple Sandpiper, 

 and pass through the same variations of ground-colour. They are, 

 however, much smaller, measuring from 1-25 to 1'4 in length, and 

 from '9 to 1 in breadth. 



2. North Uist, Hebrides, 4th June Seebohm Coll. 



(E. V. Seebohm}. 



4. North Uist, 4th June (E. V. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. North Uist, 4th June (E. V. &). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Faroe Islands (H. C. Midler : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.)." 

 3. Faroe Islands, 12th June (H. C. Seebohm Coll. 



M. : Hargitt Coll). 

 3. Faroe Islands, 12th June (H. C. Seebohm Coll. 



M. : Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Orkney Islands (Hubbard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Orkney Islands (Hubbard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Orkney Islands, June (Doncaster). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Orkney Islands (F. Nicholson: Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Inverness (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Northumberland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Cumberland (Heysham). Gould Coll. 



