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CHARADRIIDJE. 



purple. The markings are larger and more frequent at the broad 

 end of the egg, where they often become confluent and form very 

 bold patches. Numerous specimens measure from I'lo to 1*37 in 

 length, and from "82 to *9 in breadth. 



3. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. 



3. Greenland ( Theobald}. 



4. Greenland. 



4. Greenland (E, Whymper}. 



4. Greenland. 



5. Greenland. 

 4. Greenland. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Genus PHALAROPUS, Briss. 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.}. 



Phalaropus cinereus, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixiii. fig. 4,a-m 



(1845-54). 



Lobipes hyperboreus, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 37. fig. 2 (1855-63). 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 370, pi. civ. 



fig. i (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 597 (1874) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 



1879, p. 155; id. Brit. Birds, iii. p. 89, pi. 27 (1885) ; id. Geogr. 



Distr. Charadriidcs, p. 340 (1887) ; Poynting, Eggs of Brit. Birds, 



p. 95, pi. 22 (1895-6) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 131, pi. 38. 



tig. i (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 698 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 167 (1899). 

 Phalaropus lobatus, Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 99 (1887) ; 



MacFarlane, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 425 (1891). 



The eggs of the Red-necked Phalarope are smaller than those of 

 the Grey Phalarope, but do not otherwise differ from them. They 

 measure from 1'06 to 1'25 in length, and from *8 to '85 in breadth. 



3. Anderson "River, Arctic America, 



21st June (R. MacFarlane: 

 Henshaio Coll.). 



4. Fort Yukon, Alaska, 7th June (J. 



Lockhart : Smiths. Inst.}. 

 2. Fort Yukon (/. L. : Smiths. In*t.). 

 4. Greenland. 



2. Iceland ( W. Proctor}. 



4. Iceland, 12th July (A. Newton}. 

 4. North Iceland ( C. Steineke : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



4. North Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 4. North Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll.]. 

 4. North Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll. } . 

 4. North Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll. } . 

 4. North Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll. } . 

 4. N orth Iceland ( C. S. : Hargitt Coll. } . 

 4. North Uist, Hebrides, 4th June (E. 



V. Seebohm}. 



3. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 70 N., 14th 



July (H. S.}. 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7QA N., July. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvm-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. 



