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Lapland (some by the late Mr. Wolley's collectors, and others by my own correspondents), differ 

 much from those of the common Eedshank, being larger and much more richly coloured. The 

 ground-colour in these eggs varies from dark stone-buff to light buff with a faint greenish tinge, 

 and pale sea-green ; and the markings, which consist of pale purplish shell-blotches and dark 

 umber-brown surface-markings, are large and heavy, being either generally distributed about the 

 surface of the egg, or else rather more numerous near the larger end — the latter mode of distri- 

 bution being most frequent. In size the specimens in my collection vary from lf§ by 1^. to 

 If* by 111 inch. 



The specimens figured are, on the one Plate, the adult bird in full breeding-dress and the 

 young in down, together with Totanus calidris in autumn plumage ; on the second Plate, a young 

 autumn bird, with a specimen of Totanus calidris in summer dress ; and on a third Plate I have 

 deemed it best to figure the present species and Totanus calidris in full winter plumage, for 

 comparison. Owing to an error on the part of my artist, which could not well be rectified, the 

 summer-plumaged bird of the present species was figured with the autumn plumage of Totanus 

 calidris, and the summer dress of that species with the autumn plumage of the present species, 

 instead of the two species in summer dress being on the one Plate, and the same in autumn 

 plumage on the second one. Excepting the specimen of Totanus fuscus in winter dress, which 

 was lent to me by Mr. Harting, all the examples figured and described are in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 2 • Near Stockholm, August 26th, 1852 (Prof. Sundevall). b, $ ad. Near Archangel, May 17th, 1873 

 (Piottach). c, <s juv. Near Archangel, August 11th, 1872 (Piottuch). d, pull. Muonioniska, Lapland. 

 July 1868 (Sundevall) . 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 



a, ad. Breeding-plumage, N. France? (E. Fairmaire). b, ? . Malaga, March 23rd, 1869 (H. S.). c. Malaga, 

 October 16th, 1872. 



E Mus. J. E. Harting. 



a, 6 ad. Winter plumage, Malta (C. A. Wright). 



