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fresh; very light bluish white ground color. 

 No. 1. Heavily blotched with dark chocoliite 

 brown. The markings are iirincipnily confined 

 to the centre of the egg, wliore they are conflu- 

 ent and form a band: 1.39x1.10. No. 2. 

 Blotched at the larger end with dark chocolate 

 brown. The niarUiiigs are confluent and ol)- 

 scure the larger end almost entirely: 1.37 x 

 1.16. No. 3. Blotched and streaked with daik 

 chocolate brown : l.S'.lxl.lG. No. 1. Blotched 

 with dark chocolate l>iowi). The niai-kings 

 form an indistinct band .-nound tlie centre of 

 the egg: 1.46x1.10. The coloration is darker 

 and more sharply defined on tliis set than on 

 any others in the series, and the contrast be- 

 tween tlie dark chocolate brown markings and 

 the light bluish white ground color makes a 

 very striking appearance. 



Set X. May 17, 1884. Nortlianipton County, 

 Penn. Collected by E. M. Nest on chestnut 

 tree about thirty-five or forty feet from the 

 ground. Four eggs, fresh; ground color liglit 

 bluisli wliite. No. 1. Streaked and blotched 

 witli chestnut and hazel. The markings are 

 heavier near the centre of the egg, and run di- 

 agonally across it : 1.47x1.19. No. 2. Blotched 

 and clouded witli cinnamon and chestnut. The 

 markings are largely confluent and much liea- 

 vier at the smaller end: 1.48x1.19. No. 3. 

 Clouded with fawn color, and a few .spots of 

 chestnut are scattered over the surface. The 

 marldugs are principally diagonally placed 

 around the centre of the egg: 1.48x1.20. No. 

 4. Clouded with fawn color and cinnamon. 

 The markings are confluent and cover tile whole 

 surface except the larger end : 1.48 x l.i'2. 



Set XI. May 20, 1881. Blue Mountains, 

 Northampton County, Penn. Collected by 

 Shriner. Nest in an oak tree, about forty feet 

 from the ground. Five eggs, incubation be- 

 gun; ground color very light bluish white. No. 

 1. Spotted and blotched, principally around the 

 centre of the egg, with russet and burnt umber. 

 1.42x1.17. No. 2. Clouded and spotted with 

 cinnamon. The markings are confluent near 

 the centre of the egg, where they form a band : 

 1.39x1.10. No. 3. Clouded and blotched with 

 fawn color and chestnut, more or less over the 

 whole surface : 1.3.5 x 1.10. No. 4. Clouded and 

 blotched with cinnamon. The markings are 

 heavier at the centre of the egg, where tliey 

 form a band : 1.44x1.20. No. 5. Clouded and 

 blotched around the centre of the egg with 

 cinnamon and also a few spots of chestnut: 

 1 .45 X 1 .20. 



Set XII. June 13, 187(i. Norwich, Conn. 

 Collected by "J. M. VV." Large nest in tall 



hemlock, in hemlock grove, opposite N. V. and 

 N. E. E. R. Station, within a quarter of a mile 

 of the city limits. Birds social, but "common 

 scolds." Four eggs, fresh; bluish white 

 ground color. No. 1. Heavily blotched at the 

 larger end with bright chestnut and russet. 

 The remainder of the egg is almost entirely un- 

 marked. The chestnut markings are very glos- 

 sy and the contrast between them and the clear 

 bluish white ground color makes a strikingly 

 handsome egg: 1..50xl.20. No. 2. Clouded, 

 spotted and blotched with cinnamon and lav- 

 ender-gray over the whole surface: 1.50x1.17. 

 No. 3. Clouded and spotted with russet. The 

 markings are confluent near the greater end : 

 1.45x1.19. No. 4. Clouded and spotted vrith 

 liver brown, vinaceous and chestnut. There 

 are also traces of lavender-gray. The mark- 

 ings are heaviest at the larger end. A most 

 beautiful egg, but one which it is impossible to 

 describe: 1.56x1.19. 



Set XIII. May 21, 1881. Blue Mountains, 

 Northampton County, Penn. Collected by 

 Shiiner. Nest on an oak tree, thirty feet from 

 ground. Four eggs, fresh ; ground color light 

 bluish white. No. 1. Spotted and blotched 

 with burnt umber. The markings are heaviest 

 near the centre of the egg: 1.51x1.19. No. 2. 

 Clouded and blotched with burnt umber and 

 russet, more heavil}' near the centre of the egg : 

 1.47x1.21. No. 3. Clouded and spotted with 

 chestnut and russet. The markings are larger 

 and heavier near the larger end: 1.49x1.22. 

 No. 4. Heavily blotched in a wreath near the 

 larger end with chestnut : 1.49 x 1.19. 



Set XIV. June 20, 1883. Preston. New Lon- 

 don County, Conn. Collected by "J. M. VV.'' 

 New and bulky nest, in scrubby maple, in thick 

 wet maple swamp. Clutch left one week in 

 vain for additions — probably complete. Fe- 

 male sh}' and noisy. Three eggs, fresh ; ground 

 color pale bluish white. No. 1. Heavily blotched 

 with burnt umber. The markings are conflu- 

 ent and form a band around the centre of the 

 egg: 1.40x1.15. No. 2. Spotted all over the 

 surface with burnt umber; 1.45x1.16. No. 3. 

 Heavily blotched all over the egg with burnt 

 umber: 1.49x1.18. 



Set XV. June 7, 1884. Preston, New Lon- 

 don County, Conn. Collected by "J. M. VV." 

 Nest in tall hemlock in hemlock grove. Fe- 

 male shot. Three eggs, fresh; ground color 

 grayish white. No. 1. A very long pointed egg 

 for this species, beautifully spotted and clouded 

 with russet and chestnut. The markings are 

 confluent at the larger end, where they obscure 

 the ground color; 1.58x1.10. No. 2. Hand- 



