DESCRIPTIONS OF NESTS AND EGGS. 
Anteliotringa tenuirostris. GREAT KNOT. 
Totanus tenuirostris Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., Vol. XIII., p. 192, May, 1821 : Java. 
Anteliotringa tenuirostris Mathews, Birds of Australia, Vol. III., pt. in., p. 275, pi. 164, August 18th, 
1913. 
Calidris tenuirostris Schaanning, Ibis, Jan., 1929, pp. 38-39 : Kolyma district, N.E. Siberia. 
Nest . The eggs were placed in a slight dejiression in short reindeer moss. Located at 1,500 feet 
elevation, on a barren mountain ridge, towards the mouth of the Biver Kolyma in North¬ 
east Siberia. 
Eggs. Clutch, four. The colour of the eggs is very characteristic, and the appearance of the 
clutch differs from that of all other waders. The ground-colour is greyish-yellow, uniformly 
closely speclded with reddish-brown, and between are underlying lilac spots. At the broad 
end of the egg the reddish-brown forms a distinct cap or wTeath with a few* twisted lines 
of tar-brown colour. Measurements, 41*2 to 45*4 mm. by 30*7 to 32*3. Average, 44*1 by 
31*5. 
Breeding-season. June 19th. Siberia. 
Pisobia ruficollis. LITTLE STINT. 
Pisobia minuta ruficollis Mathewa, Birds of Australia, Vol. III., pt. m., p. 247, August 8th, 
1913. 
Pisobia ruficollis (Pallas) Bent., Life Histories of N. Amer. Shore Birds, 44 Limicolse ”, pt. i., p. 215, 
1927 ; Brooks, Auk, Vol. XLVII., p. 76, Jan, 1930 (and in lit. to me, Oct. 1929). 
Nest. Cavities on small mounds of tundra, about three inches deep and lined, almost flush with 
the rims, with dry dwarf willow^ leaves. 
Eggs. Clutch four. Pjniform in shape with a slight gloss. Ground-colour light vinaceous-buff, 
heavily spotted, especially at the larger end, with small specks and blotches of dark reddish- 
brown. Measurements 29 to 30 mm. by 22 to 22*5. Average 29*5 by 22*2. 
Breeding-season. June (lltli, 1913). The head of Providence Bay, North-eastern Siberia. 
Pisobia subminuta. LONG-TOED STINT. 
Pisobia daaiacensis Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. in., p. 251, Aug. 8th, 1913. 
Pisobia subminuta (Midd.) Bent., Life Hist. N. Amer. Shore Birds, 44 Limicolse , pt. i., p. 213, 192/. 
Nest. Placed on the ground. (A depression lined with bents or leaves.) 
Eggs. Clutch four. Ovate pyriform in shape, with hardly any gloss. Ground-colour varies from 
olive-buff to deep olive-buff, spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with snuff-biown, sepia, 
and warm sepia, with a few underlying spots of pale brownish-drab. 28 to 28 3 mm. b} 
19*7 to 20*7. 
Breeding-season. June (18th, 1902). Lake Baikal, Siberia. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus . BROAD-BILLED BRONZE CUCKOO. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. rv., p. 349, July 10th, 1919. 
Chrysococcyx lucidus Buller, Birds New Zealand, 2nd edition, Vol. I., p. 132, pi. 15, 1888. 
Egg. Ground-colour varies from greenish-white, very pale olive, pale creamy-white, olivaceous- 
brown or olivaceous-grey, sometimes darker at the larger end, at others clouded with dar lei 
shades of its own colour. Measurements 18 to 20 mm. by 13. 
Breeding-season. September to December. 
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