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American naturalist has yet secured undoubtedly authentic eggs. Dr. Brewer says (Water-B. 

 of N. Am. i. p. 282) that " eggs of T. macularius, as a general rule, are made to do duty for 

 those of this species. The only egg which I have seen, and have reason to accept as authentic, 

 was one taken in May 1878, by Mr. Jeuness Richardson, near Lake Bombazine, Vermont. The 

 nest was on the ground, and the female parent was shot as she left it. The egg measured T37 

 by- - 95 inch, the ground-colour being a light drab, similar to that of JEgialitis meloda; over 

 this were scattered small rounded markings of brown, some of these quite dark, nowhere 

 confluent, and not large enough to be called blotches. At the larger end there were a few faint 

 purplish or lilac discolorations or shell-marks. The egg was elongated pyriform in shape." 



In general appearance the present species most nearly resembles our Wood-Sandpiper, but 

 has the wing longer, and may readily be distinguished by its having the upper tail-coverts and 

 central rectrices like the back, whereas in T. glareola the upper tail-coverts are nearly white. 

 It has also the outer tail-feathers very distinctly barred with black and white, the white bars 

 being broader than in the Wood-Sandpiper. It has, however, like the Green Sandpiper, only 

 one large notch on each side of the posterior margin of the sternum, and is therein nearly allied 

 to that species. 



The specimen figured is the bird shot at St. Mary's, Scilly, on the 19th September, 1882, 

 for the loan of which I am indebted to Mr. Jenkinson, and the specimens 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, ad. Musquash, New Brunswick, June 6th, 1860 [H. E. Dresser), b. City of Mexico, winter (G. H. White), 

 c, S ,d, ? . West Flamboro', Ontario, May 29th, 1893 {K. C. Mcllwraith) . 



E Mus. Dorrien Smith, 

 a. St. Mary's, Scilly, September 19th, 1882 {J. Smith). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 

 a,b. Bermuda, 1848 (/. W. Wedderburn). c. River St. Croix, New Brunswick, 1864 (G. A. Boardman). 



