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Upper: Nest and egj^s of tjlack-crowned night heron, (Mear Lake Reservation, 

 California, May 27, 1923, presented by J. Elliot Patterson. 



Lower: Nest and eggs of same species, in a piteh jiinc tree, liarnstable, Massa- 

 chusetts, May 30, 1919, a photograph by the auliior, referred to on page 199. 



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