8G6 TOTANUS OCUKOPUS. 



a Butcher-bird, and another in a hole in which a pair of Flycatchers had previously bred. One nest was in a 

 fir, about 18 feet from the ground ; but the usual height was from 3 to fl feet, and all were close to the water's 

 edge. Mr. H. W. Wheelwright, the " Old Bushman," has taken the nest not unfrcquently in Sweden ; and 

 recently Mr. Seebohm found one on the Yenesay, in lat. 67° N., in a willow tree, about 6 feet from the 

 ground, containing one egg. 



The eggs arc pale whitish green and pale brownish stone, some specimens between these two types having 

 a slight olive tint in the ground-colour. The markings are small, and consist of specks and roundish blots of 

 sepia-brown, mixed with short strokes or marks of the same, under which are light spots of purplish grey and 

 bluish grey ; the small end is nearly as much marked as the large. In size some are 1*57 by 1"1 inch, and 

 others 1*52 by 1*14. The series before me is in the collection of Mr. Dresser, and was taken in Northern 

 Europe. 





Subgenus TE1NGOIDES. 



Bill with the groove extending quite to the tip. Legs rather short. Tail longer than in 

 Totanus. 



Of small size and almost solitary habit ; and with scarcely any change of plumage in the 

 summer. 



