SCOLOPACIDiE 
fifty yards from a merganser’s nest; the other two were 
among fine pebbles by the banks of mountain tarns, which 
had a considerable space of muddy, shingly shore, occa¬ 
sionally overflowed I should think in winter; this was 
near the Offoden Fiord. Our oological excursions led us 
often beyond the frontier into Sweden, the provinces of 
Tornea and Lulea. The best lakes for the Green Sand¬ 
piper and bar-tail godwit are on the Swedish side of the 
frontier, going across from Bodoe on the Tys Fiord towards 
Quickjock, but there are no paths. When up there we 
should not be far from the scene of Mr. Wolley’s success/’’ 
I have been tempted by the beauty of these eggs to 
give three figures, although they do not vary much. They 
nearly resemble eggs of the common sandpiper, and are 
not unlike a curious egg of the redshank, which I have 
given from the collection of Mr. Bond. 
