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scolopacid^e. 
of a stream, in a very similar position to that of the lap¬ 
wing/' 
It will be seen by the Plate that the eggs of the Green- 
shank, like those of the spotted redshank, are subject to 
remarkable variety of colour; they were kindly selected 
for me, by Mr. Wolley, from a large series in his collec¬ 
tion. The first figure is the egg which is most character¬ 
istic of the species, and is very similar to one of the eggs 
taken by Dr. Macgillivray, which is now in the collection 
of Mr. Salmon. It is also more like all the Scotch eggs 
which I have seen than either of the other figures, and I 
cannot help thinking that a collection of eggs made in 
the far north, would prove much more varied, more richly 
supplied with colour, than a similar gathering of eggs as 
far as the same species could be found in the southern 
portion of Europe. It is true that in other branches of 
natural history we find colour much more profusely la¬ 
vished under brighter skies. I must say that I have 
been very much pleased, as well as surprised, by the 
extreme variety of colour exhibited by eggs of the spot¬ 
ted redshank, Greenshank, and jack snipe, brought home 
by Mr. Wolley. 
When in Norway we found a dropped egg, which, 
though then very perplexing, is, I have no doubt now, 
an egg of the Greenshank. It is of a very pale blue, 
sparingly marked with small black spots, and is now in 
Mr. Hancock's collection. 
