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260 Ruff. Several sets from Lap- 

 land. They do not show great varia- 

 tion. 



261 Upland Plover. I have taken 

 many fine sets of this wary creature 

 in Illinois, Minnesota and North Da- 

 kota. A large series before me ex- 

 hibits greater variation in size, shape 

 and markings than those of any othei 

 shore bird. 



262 Buff breasted Sandpiper. A 

 handsome set of three, suggestive in 

 appearance of both the Red Backed 

 and Pectoral Sandpipers. These are 

 from Franklin Bay. 



263 Spotted Sandpiper. Quite a 

 series but their eggs are too well 

 known to require description. 



264 Long-billed Curlew. A hand- 

 some series of our largest shore bird. 

 The eggs vary greatly in shape and 

 color. Some from Utah and others 

 personally collected in Montana. 



265 Hudsonian Curlew. Very rare 

 in collections. I have two sets taken 

 by Mr. Joseph Grinnell on the same 

 day, June 14, 1899, at the delta of the 

 Kowak River, Alaska. In both in- 

 stances the parents were procured. 

 The eggs in one set are unlike any 

 other waders I have ever seen. Their 

 background is a mossy green and the 

 markings are in the form of large 

 blotches of dark gray. Two of the 

 highest prized sets in my cabinet. 



(267) Whimbrel. Several selected 

 sets, from Iceland, which in shape and 

 size resemble those of the Hudsonian 

 Curlew. 



269 Lapwing. I have several dis- 

 similar clutches. In each instance 

 heavy markings of dark brown are con- 

 spicuous. 



(269.) Dottrel. A rather rare bird 

 wherever found. These three eggs 

 have a clay colored background heavi- 

 ly marked with dark brown. They are 

 less pointed than most waders. 



272 American Golden Plover. Four 



eggs taken June 5, 1901, on the barren 

 lands of Alaska. Background light 

 yellow brown. Eggs very heavily 

 marked with purple and Vandyke 

 brown. 



273 Killdeer. A large series many 

 gathered about Chicago where the 

 birds deposit two sets in a season. 

 They vary considerably as our readers 

 all know. 



274 Semipalmated Plover. Two 

 handsome sets of four found late in 

 June on the coast of Laborador. They 

 show very little resemblance to our 

 other American Plover eggs. The 

 markings are deep brown on a creamy 

 background. 



(276) Little Ring Plover. These 

 eggs are speckled almost as finely as 

 Night Hawk's. Taken in Prussia on 

 June 5, 1909. 



277 Piping Plover. I have person- 

 ally collected sets from Northern In- 

 diana and North Dakota. They show 

 very little variation. The background 

 is light drab and they are spotted spar- 

 ingly with little dots of lilac and dark 

 brown. 



278 Snowy Plover. Several sets 

 from the California coast. A yellow 

 sandy colored background with mark- 

 ings of dark brown in the form of 

 scrawls or spots. 



280 Wilson's Plover. One of the 

 few sets of four I have ever seen, 

 taken on the Florida Coast. These 

 have a clay colored background and 

 are rather evenly spotted with dark 

 brown. 



281 Mountain Plover. Not a com- 

 mon egg in collections. Two sets from 

 Colorado. Background ashy drab 

 rather sparsely marked with spots of 

 very dark brown. 



283 Turnstone. Three very hand- 

 some sets from the vicinity of the 

 Scandanavian Peninsula. These eggs 

 have a very handsome grayish green 

 background marked in a marble like 



