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Eggs, usually i or 2. Size about .87 x .66; deposited in some other 

 bird's nest. Color, white or pale buff, thickly marked all over with 

 irregular spots of brown. Molothnis ater. 



Cowbird. 



PART 2. EGGS MORE THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 2. Size, about 1.16X.84; dull white, with a few lilac-gray 

 markings and spots of dull brown. Nest, eggs deposited on ground 

 or a few leaves. Antrostomus vociferiis. 



"Whip-poor-will. 



Eggs, 4. Size, about 1.53 x 1.15; pale buff, marked and spotted 



with light brown and rufous brown. Nest, eggs deposited on leaves on 



ground. . Philohela ^ninor. 



Woodcock. 



SECTION 6. NEST IN SWAMPY PLACES IN REEDS OR 

 GRASS, ON GROUND OR ON FLOATING 

 VEGETATION. 



PART I. EGGS LESS THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 6 to 8. Size, about .66 x .47 ; usually pure white, rarely with 

 few pale gray or lavender-spots. Nest, globe-shaped, with entrance on 

 side. Cistothorus stellaris. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Eggs, 4 to 5. Size, about .76 x .56; whitish or bluish white, irregu- 

 larly speckled and :narked with rufous brown, similar but usually more 

 thickly marked than next species. Bird, breast not streaked with 

 brown. Melospiza georgiana. 



Swamp Sparrow. 



Eggs, 4 to 5. Size, about .78 x .59 ; white or bluish white, irregularly 



speckled and marked with rufous brown. Bird, breast heavily streaked 



with brown. Alelospiza melodia. 



Song Sparrow. 



Eggs, usually i or 2. Size, about .87 x .66; deposited in some other 



bird's nest. Color, white or pale buff, irregularly marked with brown. 



Molothrus ater. 

 Cowbird. 



PART 2. EGGS FROM i TO 1.50 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 8 to 14. Size, about 1.24 x .90; buff or pale brownish buff, 

 sparsely marked with brown and purplish gray. Porzana Carolina. 



Sora Rail. Carolina Rail. 

 Eggs, 6 to 12. Size, about 1.25 x .95; pale buffy white, sparingly 

 spotted and speckled with rufous brown and purplish gray. 



Rallus virginianus . 

 Virginia Rail. 



