Keywords: Eggs of North American birds (Page 39) (6237620334).jpg EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 39 <br> sepia brown ; 95 -\- 1 35 to 1 00 -\- 1 40 Breeds in the far <br> north of Eastern North America <br> 241 Baikd's Sandpiper Tringa bairdi Eggs 2 to 4 pyri- <br> form varying from ashy yellow to buff spotted and blotched <br> with brown of two or three shades; 90 -j- 1 28 to 95 - - 1 35 <br> Breeds in the interior of Northern North America in May <br> 242 Least Sandpiper Tringa minutilta Eggs 3 or 4 <br> pyriform varying from creamy to buff spotted and blotched <br> irregularly and quite thickly with brown and umber of varying <br> shades; 70 - - 90 to 75 - - 1 00 Known by the small size <br> and form Breeds in North America north of the United <br> States <br> 243 Dunlin Tringa alpina Eggs 2 to 4 pyriform <br> varying from greenish to yellowish blotched and dotted <br> irregularly and thickly with rounded marks of reddish brown <br> of several shades; 95 + 1 30 to 1 00 + 1 35 Known by <br> the greenish color size and coarse markings Extralimital ; <br> occurs in the northern parts of the Old World ; accidental in <br> North America <br> 243a Red-backed Sandpiper Tringa alpina pacifica <br> Eggs indistinguishable from those of No 243 Breeds in the <br> extreme northern portion of North America <br> 244 Curlew Sandpiper Tringa ferruginea Eggs un- <br> known Extralimital ; occurs in the Old World ; accidental in <br> North America <br> 244a Damacen Sandpiper Tringa damacensis Eggs <br> unknown This species only claims a place in our fauna <br> through a specimen having been taken in Alaska on Otter <br> Island Bering's Sea <br> 245 Spoon-bill Sandpiper Eurgnorhynchus pygmceus <br> Eggs unknown Extralimital; occurs in Arctic Asia; acciden- <br> tal on the coast of Alaska <br> 246 Semipalmated Sandpiper Eretmetes pxisilhis Eggs <br> 2 to 4 decidedly pyriform varying from greenish to yellowish <br> ash spotted dotted and blotched irregularly and thickly with 13764158 48899 13894 Page 39 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764158 1890 10 5962/bhl title 13894 Maynard C J NameFound Eretmetes pxisilhis NameFound Eurgnorhynchus pygmceus NameConfirmed Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus NameBankID 5548674 NameFound Tringa NameConfirmed Tringa EOLID 20107 NameBankID 2473320 NameFound Tringa alpina NameConfirmed Tringa alpina NameBankID 275657 NameFound Tringa alpina pacifica NameConfirmed Tringa alpina pacifica NameFound Tringa bairdi NameConfirmed Tringa bairdi NameFound Tringa ferruginea NameConfirmed Tringa ferruginea NameBankID 275659 Biodiversity Heritage Library ABC of fox hunting Birds Eggs Nests North America SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 13764158 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764158 north america sil smithsonian institution libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-10-12 Check categories 2015 September 22 PD-old-70-1923 Eggs of North American birds Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |