Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 739 



Eggs, 2 to 3. Size, about 1.35 x .98 ; brownish olive, heavily marked 

 with dark brown. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 



Black Tern, 



Eggs, 4. Size, about 1.50 x 1.15; pale buff, marked and spotted 



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



on o-round. Philohela minor. 



Woodcock. 



PART 3. EGGS MORE THAN 1.50 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 4. Size, about 1.52 x 1.15; pale bufif, marked and spotted 

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

 on ground. Philohela minor. 



American Woodcock. 

 Eggs, 7 to 12. Size, about 1.63x1.20; buffy white (rarely dull 

 white), with scattered spots of rufous brown and occasional ones of 

 pale lilac-brown. Nest, a platform of grass and weeds. 



Rallus elegans. 

 King Rail. 

 Eggs, 3. Size, about 1.78 x 1.20; variable; olive gray or pale buff , 

 irregularly marked with dark brown. Nest, a mass of weeds. 



Sterna jorsteri. 

 Foster's Tern. 

 Eggs, 2. Size, about 3.50 x 2.20; olive or olive brown, with scat- 

 tered marks and s[)ots of brownish black. Gavia immer. 



Loon. 



