of the District of Montreal, 



47 



Genus. 



Colour of Eggs. 



Corvus 

 Certhia 



Sitta 



Trochilus 

 Alcedo . . 



Picu3. 



Cuculus 

 Tetrao . . 

 Lagopus 



Columba , 



Charadrius . 



Vanellus 



Ardea . . 

 Botaurus 



Calidris.., 

 Strepsilus 



Numenius 



Scolopax, 

 Limosa. . 



Corvus Corax. 



" Corone . . . . 



" Cristatus .. 



" Canadensis 



Certhia Familiaris. , 



Sitta Carolinensis .. 

 " Canadensis . .. 

 Trochilus Colubris. 

 Alcedo Alcyon.... 

 Picus Auratus 



" Erythrocephalus 



" Varius 



" Villosus 



" Pubescens 



" Pileatus 



" Tridactjlus .... 



Cuculus Dominicus, 



Tetrao Umbellus... 



" Canadensis . 



5 to 6 muddy blueish green, 

 spotted with olive brown. 



2 white. 



5 dull olive, spotted brown. 



3 to 4 blue. 



5 dull white, spotted brown. 

 Unknown. 



7 or more cinereous spotted red- 

 dish yellow, and streaked 

 dark brown. 



2 white. 



6 white. 

 6 white. 



6 white, spotted red ? 



4 white. 

 white. 

 6 white. 

 6 white. 



4 to 5 white. 



3 to 5 blueish green. 

 10 to 15 dull yellow. 



5 white, varied yellow & black. 



Columba Migratoria2 



" Carolinensis*, 2 



Lagopus ...:7 to 15 rufous yellow, spotted 

 I with reddish black. 



white, " one of them abor- 

 tive." Wilson, 

 white, breeds in the Southern 

 I States. 

 CharadriusVociferus 4 yellowish cream colour, spot- 

 I ted black. 

 " Pluvialis* .... 4 to 5 pale olive, spotted with 



j black. 

 " Semipalmatus*,4 dark coloured, spotted with 

 I black. 

 Vanellus Helveticus4 cream colour, spotted and 

 I blotched with light and pur- 

 plish brown. 

 Ardea Herodias. ... 4 greenish blue. 



" Discors 4 greenish blue. 



" Lentigino3a..J4 cinereous green. 



" Exilis jUnknown, but if resembling the 



European species — white. 

 Calidris Arenaria*.. 4 dusky, spotted with black. 

 Strepsilus Interpres* 4 olive green,3potted with brown. 

 Xumenius Borealis*4 greenish spotted with light 

 I umber brown. 

 " Longirostri3 4 cream colour, spotted brown? 



" Hudsonius . 



Scolopax Grisea. . . 

 " "Wilsonii . 

 " Minor.... 



Limosa Fedoa* . . . . 

 " Hudsonica*. 



4 dark blueish grey, spotted with 



black or dark brown. 

 Unknown. 



4 olivaceouSjSpottedwithbrown. 

 4 olivaceous white, blotched with 



yellowish brown. 

 Unknown. 

 4 dark olive, spotted with pale 



brown. 



