872 TEINGOIDES HYPOLETJCUS. 



pale inky purple; the}' sometimes are confluent round the larger end, and are never very large or hold. lie 

 gives the average of eggs found in India as 1"46 hy l'OG inch. 



A tine series in the collection of Mr. Seebohm, from Europe, vary in colour from greyish buff to stone- 

 white. Some are marked at the large end with large blotches of deep brownish red, the rest of the egg having 

 small specks and marks of the same openly distributed over the surface, under which are numerous primary 

 markings of bluish grey : others have no large blotches, but are openly spotted with brownish red and bluish 

 grey; they have the appearance of pointed eggs of the Rallidse, the ground-colour being exactly that of some 

 of the eggs of that family. They vary in length from l - 38 to l - 53 inch, and in breadth from 10 to 11. 



Genus MACHETES*. 



Bill moderately long, flexible, slightly curved, the tip somewhat bent down ; upper mandible 

 channelled nearly to the tip, gape placed for forward ; nostrils linear, near the base. Wings long, 

 pointed, with the 1st quill the longest. Tail short. Legs moderately short. Tarsus exceeding 

 the middle toe and claw, and protected with transverse scutes. Toes moderate ; outer connected 

 to the middle by a small web ; hind toe small. 



Male much larger than the female ; neck furnished in the breeding-season with a handsome 

 outspreading ruff, and the lores with small tubercles. 



The genera Machetes, Trine/a, and Calidris (Sanderling) are placed by some authors iu the subfamily Tringinse ; 

 the differences in the feet of each of them from those of the members of the group just dealt with are, however, merely 

 generic. 



