150 



THE OOIXX3HST 



and completely wreathed about the 

 large end with chocolate brown. 



235 y± Purple Sandpiper resembles 

 some Jack Snipe eggs in my collection. 



239 The Pectoral Sandpiper or 

 Grass Snipe, how abundantly they mi- 

 grate in Spring in a northwesterly di- 

 rection across the continent. Authen- 

 tic sets are not common. Two beauti- 

 ful sets taken by W. E. Snyder are 

 before me. Four eggs are olive drab 

 with lengthwise markings of chocolate 

 brown. These eggs are pear shaped. 

 The other set has a creamy back- 

 ground rather heavily blotched with 

 chestnut brown. Both sets were found 

 late in June at Point Barrow. 



242 Least Sandpiper. My good 

 friend, B. Arnold spared me the first 

 perfect set which he took at Gaff 

 Topsail, Newfoundland. Their back- 

 ground is buffy and the markings ap- 

 pear in the form of little streaks of 

 reddish purple. 



243a Red-backed Sandpiper. Prob- 

 ably the most remarkable record for 

 the nesting of this species is a set of 

 three I have taken by Mr. A. J. Schoen- 

 ebeck, with the parent bird, on June 

 11, 1904, in the Green Bay marshes of 

 Wisconsin. I also have a handsome 

 set taken by Mr. Snyder at Point Bar- 

 row, besides a very deeply shaded set 

 from Franklin Bay. 



246 Semipalmated . Sandpiper. 

 These eggs are very dark and thickly 

 marked. I have four taken at Okak, 

 Laborador, and supplied me by Mr. J. 

 D. Scornborger. 



247 Western Sandpiper. The eggs 

 of this species are about the same in 

 size as those of the two preceding, 

 but they are brighter in color, the 

 markings being bright red, on ashy 

 gray background. These were taken 

 June 10, 1906, at Franklin Bay. 



249 % Marbled Godwit from the 

 Boyne marsh in Manitoba. The back- 

 ground and markings are very similar, 

 not a conspicuous egg. The back- 



ground is buffy with large pale 

 splashes of lilac and pale brown. 

 These eggs were fresh the third week 

 in May. 



(253) Greenshank, four eggs from 

 Lapland. The background is light 

 green, thickly spotted near the large 

 end with purple. An acicdental spe- 

 cies, like our American Shanks, ex- 

 tremely interesting. 



Redshank, also of accidental occur- 

 rance on this continent. Eggs creamy 

 with numerous specks of rich reddish 

 brown. Decidedly smaller than the 

 foregoing. 



254 Greater Yellow Legs. I have a 

 very handsome set taken by Mr. Ar- 

 nold in Newfoundland. This species 

 breeds in May, even in Newfoundland. 

 The eggs are long and decidedly point- 

 ed. Background buffy with large bold 

 markings of purple and chocolate. 



255 Lesser Yellow Legs. These 

 eggs are only about half the size of 

 the Greater Yellow Legs. They are 

 short and quite pointed. Color light 

 greenish ash, marked with light pur- 

 ple. Taken early in June among the 

 muskegs of Alberta. 



256 Solitary Sandpiper. These were 

 taken by Evan Thomson who found 

 the preceding set. These eggs have a 

 decided greenish background and are 

 vividly spotted with carmen. 



(257) Green Sandpiper. Four eggs 

 from Sweden. 



257.1) Wood Sandpiper. These eggs 

 strongly resemble those of the Ameri- 

 can Solitary Sandpiper, but as the 

 Wood Sandpiper in Lapland where no 

 trees exist, in sections the eggs are de- 

 posited on the ground. 



258 Willet. I have a handsome ser- 

 ies from the coast of Georgia. These 

 specimens are highly polished and 

 among the prettiest of shore birds 

 eggs. 



258a Western Willet. Some from 

 Texas and some from Utah. The eggs 

 bear a general resemblance to those 

 of the Eastern Willet. 



