482 NEST AND EGGS OF PH^NOPEPLA NITENS 



all over with different shades of brown. The spots are all small, 

 and most abundant about the larger end, and vary greatly in 

 their distributions. In size they [*. e. the eggs, not the spots] 

 range from .97 of an inch to .84 in length, and in breadth from 

 .66 to .60."~(From Hist. NAB. iii. 507.) 



Fig. 51 bis.—Setophaga picta. 

 (Omitted from p. 335, q. v.) 



