﻿inhabiting 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands. 
  5.29 
  

  

  20. 
  Gallinago 
  pusilla. 
  (Plate 
  XIV. 
  fig*. 
  1, 
  2, 
  egg; 
  

   Plate 
  XV. 
  fig. 
  1, 
  young.) 
  

  

  Gallinago 
  pusilla, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  33. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  Snipe 
  are 
  now 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  for 
  

   the 
  first 
  time. 
  In 
  shape 
  they 
  are 
  ovoid 
  ; 
  in 
  dimensions 
  : 
  

   1-5 
  X 
  1-12, 
  1-67 
  X 
  1-15, 
  1-5 
  X 
  1-1, 
  1-67 
  X 
  112. 
  The 
  ground- 
  

   colour 
  varies 
  from 
  a 
  dark 
  pinkish 
  to 
  a 
  dark 
  ochraceous 
  buff, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  dark 
  seal- 
  brown 
  spots 
  and 
  smudges, 
  more 
  

   thickly 
  crowded 
  round 
  its 
  widest 
  circumfereuce. 
  Some 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  have 
  pale 
  lavender-grey 
  blotches 
  and 
  spots 
  round 
  that 
  

   region, 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  sparsely 
  distributed 
  over 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   the 
  egg. 
  The 
  smaller 
  end 
  is 
  nearly 
  free 
  from 
  spots. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  Editor, 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  

   figure 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  oE 
  this 
  species 
  also. 
  

  

  My 
  correspondent, 
  Mr. 
  Hawkins, 
  writes 
  me 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   habits 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  This 
  Snipe 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rail, 
  feeding 
  at 
  night, 
  and 
  making 
  a 
  twittering 
  noise 
  while 
  

   so 
  doing. 
  During 
  the 
  day 
  it 
  hides 
  in 
  hollow 
  trees 
  and 
  in 
  

   bunches 
  of 
  thick 
  undergrowth 
  — 
  iu 
  fact, 
  wherever 
  it 
  is 
  dark. 
  

   When 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  first 
  hatched 
  they 
  feed 
  in 
  the 
  day- 
  

   time; 
  but 
  in 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  they 
  feed 
  at 
  night. 
  This 
  bird 
  

   lays 
  three 
  eggs." 
  

  

  21. 
  LiMosA 
  novjE-zealandi.t:. 
  

  

  Limosa 
  novce-zealandice, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  40. 
  

  

  22. 
  Larus 
  dominicanus. 
  

  

  Larus 
  dominicanus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  47. 
  

  

  23. 
  Larus 
  scopulinus. 
  

  

  Larus 
  scopulinus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  55. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  vary 
  in 
  shape 
  from 
  a 
  rotundo- 
  

   to 
  an 
  ellipso-ovoid 
  ; 
  their 
  dimensions 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   2-19 
  X 
  1-47, 
  2-19 
  X 
  1-5, 
  2-10 
  x 
  1-47, 
  219 
  x 
  157, 
  210 
  x 
  1-52, 
  

   2-09 
  X 
  1-5, 
  219 
  X 
  1-5, 
  2-0 
  x 
  16, 
  2*10 
  x 
  147, 
  2*12 
  x 
  1-45. 
  In 
  

   ground-colour 
  the 
  eggs 
  vary 
  very 
  much 
  from 
  cream-colour 
  

   through 
  olive-buff 
  to 
  an 
  olive 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  spotted 
  sometimes 
  

   sparsely 
  all 
  over, 
  sometimes 
  chiefly 
  round 
  the 
  widest 
  circum- 
  

   ference, 
  sometimes 
  evenly 
  and 
  thickly 
  all 
  over. 
  The 
  spots 
  

   are 
  of 
  three 
  shades 
  of 
  colour, 
  from 
  tawny 
  olive 
  to 
  cinnamon, 
  

  

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