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Keywords: Eggs of North American birds (Page 41) (6237620504).jpg EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 41 <br> 254 Greater Ykllow-legs Totanus melanoleucus Eggs <br> 3 or 4 pyriform pale greenish yellow spotted and blotched <br> with umber and pale purplish gray ; 1 56 - - -25 to 1 58 - - 2 30 <br> Breeds in North Temperate and sub-Arctic ISToith America in <br> May <br> 255 Yellow-legs Totanus flavipes Eggs 2 or 4 i yri- <br> form varying from creamy to ashy buff spotted and blotched <br> irregularly with umber brown of varying shades; 1 15 -\- 1 60 <br> to 1 20 -\- 1 80 Known by the size and light ground-color <br> Breeds in North Temperate and sub-Arctic North America <br> 256 Solitary Sandpiper Totanus solitarius Eggs 2 to <br> 4 pyriform varying from creamy to pale buff spotted and <br> blotched usually quite coarsely with brown of varying shades <br> but generally dark; 95 + 1 35 to 1 00 - - 1 40 The eggs <br> described are from Utah and were placed on the ground <br> Breeds in Northern North America from Utah and Northern <br> New England northward <br> 257 Green Sandpiper Totamts ochropus Eggs 3 or 4 <br> pear-shaped grayish green sparingly spotted and blotched <br> with pale purplish gray and dark brown; 1 08 -j- 1 50 to 1 12 <br> - - 1 55 Eggs placed in trees in the deserted nests of large <br> birds Breeds in the northern ortions of the Old World ; <br> bird accidental in Nova Scotia <br> 258 WiLLET Symphemia semipalmata Eggs 3 or 4 <br> rather blunt pyriform varying from creamy to greenish usually <br> of the latter shade spotted and blotched irregularly and quite <br> thickly with rounded marks of reddish brown umber and lilac; <br> 1 90 -j- 2 18 to 1 45 + 1 58 Breeds from Southern New Eng- <br> land and Western Canada to the Gulf of Mexico east of the <br> Mississippi River; also in the Bahamas <br> 258a Western Willet Symphemia sem xpalm ata inor- <br> nata Eggs indistinguishable from those of No 258 Breeds <br> throughout the Central Plains in May This sub-species has <br> been described by Mr William Brewster in the Auk April <br> 1887 13764183 48899 13894 Page 41 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764183 1890 10 5962/bhl title 13894 Maynard C J NameFound Symphemia NameConfirmed Symphemia NameBankID 4359176 NameFound Symphemia sem NameConfirmed Symphemia NameBankID 4359176 NameFound Symphemia semipalmata NameConfirmed Symphemia semipalmata NameFound Totamts ochropus NameFound Totanus flavipes NameConfirmed Totanus flavipes NameBankID 8331843 NameFound Totanus melanoleucus NameConfirmed Totanus melanoleucus NameBankID 8331841 NameFound Totanus solitarius NameConfirmed Totanus solitarius Biodiversity Heritage Library ABC of fox hunting Birds Eggs Nests North America SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 13764183 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764183 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
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