Jan. 1888.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



brown and lilac. The remainder of the surface 

 is almost wholly without markings. Very 

 small: .GOx.47; .61X.46; .62x.47; MSx.il. 



Set XXVI. June 8. 1886. Hell Gate, East 

 Side. New London County, ("onn. Four eggs, 

 fresh. Nest in green savin, tixncri covered, low 

 down. Other nests in near neighborhood. 

 Many birds in colony. Eggs white and quite 

 glossy. Heavily marked near the larger ends 

 with large spots of bright reddish brown and a 

 few lilac spots. 'I'he markings form wreaths, 

 and the remainder of the eggs are immaculate: 

 .6.5 X .47 ; .(!(i x ..50 : .07 x .47 ; .06 x .49. 



Set XXVII. .June 11. 1886. Groton, Long 

 Point, Conn. Foor eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 swamp maple, eleven feet from the ground. 

 Female covering eggs. Eggs light creamy 

 white, spotted over most of their surface, but 

 especially near the larger ends, with light red- 

 dish brown and lilac: .65x.47; .07x.47; .06 x 

 .47; .66X.47. 



SetXXVIII. .Jone 4, 1881. Groton Long 

 Point, Conn. Four eggs. Nest in stunted 

 maple on edge of wooded swamp. Birds near. 

 Eggs glossy, creamy white, unmarked except 

 at the larger ends, where they are l)eautifallv 

 wreathed with light reddish brown and lilac 

 spots: .GOx.48; .64 x .47 : .65x.4S; .65 x .47. 



Set XXIX.. May 25, 1881. Hell Gate, Pres- 

 ton, Conn. Three eggs, incubation begun. 

 Nest in small dead savin, six feet from the 

 ground. Eggs creamy white, heavily marked 

 near the larger ends with very bright reddish 

 brown and lilac spots: .68x.4n: .6!)x.48: .68 

 X.46. 



Set XXX. June 7, 1883. Long Point. Gro- 

 ton, on Fisher's Island Sound (Long Island 

 Sound) Conn. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 large hornbeam tree, outside of swamp. Made 

 of hanging lichen, on lowest limb. Female 

 covering clutch until touched. Eggs glossy, 

 creamy white, heavily marked over most of 

 their surface with light reddish brown and 

 lilac. The markings principally take the form 

 of large spots, closer together near the larger 

 ends in three of them, but in the fourth they 

 are grouped around the smaller end. The 

 markings are unusually heavy for this species: 

 .63X.48; .62 x.46; .61 x .47 ; .56 x .48. 



Set XXXI. June 1, 1886. Long Society, 

 Preston, Conn. Three eggs. Nest in green 

 birch sprout, about three feet from ground. 

 Female on. Eggs glossy, creamy white. Very 

 heavily blotched with very bright reddish 

 brown and lilac. The blotches arc unusually 

 large and confluent for this species, and are 

 nearly all grouped around the larger end. Re- 



markably showy eggs: .65x.47: .67x.48; .66 

 X ..50. 



Set XXXII. June 4, 1886. Rehoboth, Bris- 

 tol County, Mass. Collected by Frederic H. 

 Carpenter. Five eggs, incubation advanced. 

 Nest the usual pendant structure of uxnea ; 

 nearly globular, and placed on an old moss- 

 covereil apple tree, fifteen feet from the ground. 

 Words fail to describe this exceedingly brill- 

 iantly colored set, which were generously i>re- 

 sented to the writer by Mr. Carpenter. The 

 ground color is pure white, unsullied by the 

 slightest stain. The markings are chiefly con- 

 fined to the larger ends, and consist of large 

 spots of the most brilliant verniillion red. No 

 coloration on any other eggs of this species 

 ever seen by the writer approaches it in bright- 

 ness, and the contrast of the very bright red 

 with the pure white makes a very beautiful 

 appearance: .65 x .46; .03 x .44; .66 x .47; 

 .05 x .45 ; .67 x .46. 



Set XXXIII. May 31, 1887. Hell Gate, Pres- 

 tcm, <;oiui. Five eggs, fresh. Nest in only 

 bunch of vnnca on dead juniper, five feet from 

 ground. Conspicuous froiu its position mid- 

 way on long, clean horizontal branch. Female 

 seen many times; both parents observed when 

 set was taken. Eggs pure white, and very 

 glossy for this species. Speckled and spotted 

 with dark reddish brown and lilac. The mark- 

 ings form wreaths near the larger ends, and are 

 not perceptible on any other parts of the eggs. 

 One of them has the markings entirely of a 

 light lavender wreath, composed of specks of 

 that color : .61 x .49 : .59 x .40 ; .59 x .48 ; .63 x 

 .48. 



Set XXXIV. June 1, 1884. Standish, Maine. 

 Collected by L. C. Holmes. Five eggs, fresh. 

 In low evergreen, nine feet from the ground. 

 Eggs creamy white, quite glossy ; speckled and 

 spotted with dark reddish brown and lilac. The 

 markings form indistinct wreaths near the 

 larger ends ; very long and pointed : .72 x .49 ; 

 .71 X .48 ; .71 x .48 ; .71 x .48 ; .09 x .47.— J. P. N.] 



The Shore-bird Migration at Mono- 



moy Island, Cape Cod, Mass., 



Fall of 1887. 



liV JOHN C. CAHOON, TAUNTON, MASS. 



{Report of the Cape Cod Migration Station of the Bristol 

 Ornithological Chtb.) 



Arrived on the Island Aug. 8th, but was so 

 busy until Sept. 10th that my observations 

 were not as full as I should desire at that 

 period. 



