The Eggs of the Curlew Sandpiper (Tringa svbarquafa). — The 
ecrgs of this species have hitherto escaped the researches of European 
ornithologists, and up to the present moment have continued to be an 
especial object of search, and an occasion of renewed disappointment. In 
a recent visit to Washington, I saw, among the interesting things brought 
back by Mr. Ludovic Kumlien from the Iiowgate Arctic expedition, two 
eggs of this very rare species, which he was enabled to procure, through the 
attentions of Governor Feneker, in the neighborhood of Christian shaab in 
North Greenland. One egg measures 1.52 inches in length by 1.05 
in breadth. Its ground color is drab, with a distinct shade of olive, 
and it is thickly marked with blotches of two shades of umber-brown, one 
quite light, the other much darker. These are most numerous on and 
around the larger end, and are in a somewhat longitudinal direction, with 
a tendency also to a spiral course. There are also a few spots, of a very 
dark color, almost a black, on the larger end. The other egg measures 
1.47 X 1.04 inches, and is much more pyriform in shape. Its ground color 
is a very light greenish drab, witli rather sparse markings of a deep umber. 
These are larger and more confluent about the greater end of the egg, 
where they are chiefly disposed in a circular ring. The rest of the egg is 
sparsely marked with the same. About the larger end are also a few very 
dark markings. — T. M. Brewer, Boston, Mass. 
Ball N. 0.6. 4, July, 1879, p, /fO. 
Th® curiosity of ornithologists has been 
excited for weeks past by the announce- 
ment that Mr. H. L. Popham had discov- 
ered, and brought back with him from the 
Yemssei. the egg of that rare bird, the 
curlew sandpiper. Oddly enough, although 
the curlew sandpiper Is of wide range in 
the old world, and is. even seen on the 
shores of Great Britain in migration au- 
thentic eggs of the species have been until 
now, unknown. Mr. Popham, therefore 
has earned the gratitude of ornithologists 
by discovering the real nesting-place of 
the species in the tundra of the Yennissei 
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