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Empidonax traillii, Baird. 



Smitlisoman Ko. 403G. East Bethel, Vt. C. Paiue. .74 x .52 ; .74 x 

 .52; .70X.53; .73 x .52. 



Smithsonian No. 7330. Fort Eesolution. Locldiart. .80 x .57 ; .75 

 X .55 ; .73 x .55 ; .72 x .55. 



Smithsonian Xo. 8859. The same. .80 x .55 ; .80 x .55. 



Smithsonian No. 4052. Three Eivers, Canada. Ivcilcoii'. .79 x .57. 



Smithsonian No. 4395. Great Slave Lake. Loeldiart. .79 x .57 ; 

 .74 X .55. 



Smithsonian No. 1229. Williamstown, Mass. Hopkins. .70 x .53; 

 .70X.55; .72X.54. 



Smithsonian No. 1819. Winnebago, 111. .70x.55; .GSx.55. This set 

 is an almost nnspotted white. 



T. M. B. No. 412. Gorham, N. H. T. M. B. .73 x .49. 



T. M. B. No. 413. E. Bethel, Vt. Taine. .70 x .50; .72 x .49. 



T. M. B. No. 438. Coventry, Yt. Knight. .70 x .52. 



T. M. B. No. 1978. Catskill Monntaius, N. Y. Dr. James C. Merrill. 

 .72 X .53 ; .70 x .52. One of these is very nearly an nnspotted white. 



T. M. B. No. 1000. Coventry, Yt. .75 x .57. 



T. M. B. No. 2G32. Milan, N. H. Weleh. .79 x .GO; .79 x .GO. 



T. M. B. No. 3054. Eandolph, Yt. Prince. .75 x .58; .72 x .55; .73 

 X .57. 



Empidonax flaviventris, Baiid. 



Smithsonian No. 13219. Halifax, N. S. Do^\nies. Eeceived with 

 parent. .74 x .53. Of a nniform dead chalky white. The other eggs 

 of this set measnred .73 x .55 and .75 x .54. 



Smithsonian No. 13440. St. Stephen, N. B. Geo. A. Boardman. 

 Parent secured and identification perfect. The nest is small; had been 

 built in a low bush; its breadth internally is 1.90 inches, depth 1.25; 

 external diameter 3 inches, depth 1.75. It is cojistructed of Hax-like 

 fibres, fine shreds of the inner bark of deciduous trees, a few fine 

 grasses mingled with feathers, and lined with horse-hair, downy feathers, 

 and tine grasses. The eggs measure .75 x .54; .75 x .53; .70 x .55. 

 Their original nundjer was four. They have a ground-color of a pure 

 white, with blotch-like spots on the larger end, of purplish drab and 

 umber-brown, mixed with scattered black markings, but without a tinge 

 of red, and are unlike any other eggs of this genus that I have ever 

 seen. 



T. M, B. No. 41G. Centre Harbor, N. H. T. M. B. .70 x .50; .74 x 

 .58; .07 X .55. One of these unspotted; two of them marked with small 

 spots of purple drab. 



T. M. B. No. 418. Habfax, N. S. Downes. .09 x M. This egg and 

 the two others in this set were of a nearly pure chalky white, with a 

 few faint spots, so slight as, at first, to be overlooked. The parent se- 

 cured and sent with the eggs. I exclude from this list the set secured 

 by me in Grand Menan, referred to below, as, although the identifica- 



