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Plate XCI. TYPES OF BIKDS' EGGS. 



1.— Oven-Bird (ovate ; spotted and wreathed). 2. — House "Wren (ovate ; 

 minutely speckled). 3. — Wood Pewee (ovate ; blotched and weathed). 

 4. — Hummingbird (elliptical ; white, unmarked). 5. — Crested Fly- 

 catcher (elliptical-ovate ; streaked). 6. — Span-ow Hawk (spherical ; 

 washed, spotted and blotched). 7. — Cowbird (ovate; evenly speckled 

 and spotted). 8. — Cedar Waxwing (elongate-ovate ; spotted). 9. — 

 Nighthawk (elliptical ; mottled and marbled). 10. — Bobolink (ovate ; 

 spotted and blotched). 11. — Semipalmated Sandpiper (pyriform , 

 spotted). 12. — Purple Grackle (ovate ; scrawled). 



