ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. IG-No. 1 



umber — one egg much more so than the 

 other. A rare type of cohiration: 2.20xl.2!l; 

 2.11 xl.30. 



Set ITI. April ICi, 1882. McClimous Wood.s, 

 Preston, Ct. Collected by " J. M. W." " Ne.st 

 in swamp oak, in low wet land. Well screened 

 by brush, aiul low for this species. Both birds 

 seen together." Three eggs, fresh. One of 

 them bluish white, and almost unmarked, 

 save for a few specks of burnt umber: the 

 other two white, lightly spotted with burnt 

 umber: l.;)7.xl.77; 2.05x1.78; 2.14xl.7S. 



.Set IV. April 14, 1888. Sunnyside W(,ods, 

 Norwich, Ct. (Sets taken from same nest on 

 April 20, 1887, and .-Vpril 20, 1880.) Collected 

 by ".I. M. \V." "Old crow's nest, well re- 

 paired and fully feathered. Forty rods from 

 nest of other years, in tall chestnut Hawks 

 noted building, and female left the nest when 

 harried." Three eggs, fresh. Bluish white; 

 one of them marked at smaller end with a few 

 spots and streaks of burnt umber, and the 

 other two lightly spotted and speckled with 

 chestnut: 2.00x1.0(3; 2.0(ixl.69; 2.04x1.(58. 



Set V. April 17, 1886. Gallows Hill, Xor- 

 wich, Ct. (Sets taken from same nest April 

 21, 1884, and April 24, 188.5.) Collected by 

 ".T. M. W." "Both Hawks at nest. Female 

 very handsome." Three eggs, fresh. Bluish 

 white; one of them unmarked save for very 

 faint spots of ecru-drab, and tlie other two 

 streaked and splasiied with ecru-drab and lilac- 

 gray. The colors are very subdued, and 

 look as it they had been smeared. A rare 

 type of markings: 2.18x1.72: 2.00x1.71; 

 2.11x1.70. 



Set VI. Ai)ril 14, 1880. Swamp back of 

 Lynch's, Po(|uetannoc Road, Preston, Ct. (Sets 

 taken from same nest April SO, 1870. and A]iril 

 20, 1878.) Collected by "J. M. \V." Three 

 eggs, fresh. 15luish white; one of them al- 

 most unmarked except with a number of small 

 specks ol burnt umber. Another has a large 

 number of streaks, specks and spots of fawn 

 color all over the surface, and a few largei' 

 spots of burnt umber; while the third is 

 evenly spotted over the entire surface with 

 ecru-drab: 2.10x1.09; 2.09x1.04; 2.00x1.09. 



Set A'll. .Vpril l.i, 1880. Wayne Co., Mich. 

 Collected by E. M. Diufee. Nest in black oak, 

 seventy-five feet up. Jlade of sticks, lined 

 with corn husks, pieces of moss, and strips of 

 basswood bark. Four eggs, fresh. Bluish 

 white, spotted and speckled with ecru-drab 

 and fawn color: 2.24x1.00: 2.2:1x1.08; 

 2.ir)x I.(i7; 2.01 x l.(i8. 



Set VIII. .\pril :in, 1S8:;. (iooihi.h. .Mich. 



Collected by Samuel Spicer. Two eggs, fresh. 

 Bluish white; one faintly marked with drab- 

 gray ; the other heavily and beautifully spotted 

 all over with raw umber: 2.18x1.04: 

 2.10X 1.05. 



Set IX. April 21, 1880. City, or Fairview 

 Reservoir, Norwich, Ct. Collected by " J. M. 

 W." "Nest in chestiuit. Feathers in nest 

 and on limbs. Homely female. (In 1879 simi- 

 lar set from neigliboring tree, on April 2;?d.)" 

 Two eggs. Bluish white; one faintly 

 speckled with lavender-gray and fawn color; 

 the other most beautifully spotted all over the 

 surface with ru.sset: 2.24 x 1.78; 2.20 x 1.78. 



Set X. April 10, 18S0. Goodrich. .Mirh. 

 Collected by Samuel Spicer. Nest in small 

 black oak, aliout thirty feet up. Three eggs, 

 fresh. Bluisli white; two of them clouded 

 with lavender-gray and fawn color; the third 

 spotted with russet: 2.22x1.78; 2.17x1.71; 

 2.20xl.7s. 



Set XI. April 9, 1880. Norwich, Ct. (" Sets 

 fiom same nest taken April 13, 1877^ 1878, 

 unused in 1879; also in 18S5. Empty in 18S0.") 

 Collected by ".I. -M. W." "Hawks at home."' 

 Foiu' eggs, fresh. Three of them dull white; 

 one bluish white: speckled and spotted pretty 

 uniformly with russet: 2.1:1x1.09; 2.11x1.7(1: 

 2.08 X l.(>7; 2.14 X 1.71. 



Set XII. April 20. 1-85. Norwich, Ct. Col- 

 lected by "J. M. W." Nest in big chestnut 

 tree. Four eggs, fresh. Bluish white; one 

 of them faintly spotted with ecru-diab; the 

 other three marked with three laige spots of 

 burnt umber: 2.11 x 1.77:2 14x 1.78:2.11 x 1.09; 

 2.02 x 1.05. 



Set XIII. April 19. 1890. Sunnyside Woods, 

 Norwich, Ct. Collected by "J. M. W." "New 

 nest, about tliirty-tive feet up in large chestnut, 

 at base of lindi without forking. Nen^ site. 

 Old home chopped down. Xests liiiishcd and 

 lined, and showing a few feathers on March 

 28th. Saw hawk repeatedly." Four eggs. In- 

 CHl>ation begun. Bluish white; quite heavily 

 marked with russet ami burnt umber, 

 principally at the ends: 2.27 x 1.00: 2 21 x 1.07; 

 2.24x1.65; 2.1:^ X 1.65. 



Set XIV. .Vpril 8, 1885. Oxford, Miss. 

 (Collected by .1. T. Moore. Nest in large tree 

 seventy-five feet up. Made of sticks, lined 

 with coarse bark. Three eggs. Incubation 

 far advanced. Dull white; two of them 

 heavily spotted with burnt umber, and the 

 other faintly marked with russet. (Query, 

 could these eggs possibly belong to the Florida 

 Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus alhiii}'.' 

 The latter has been found breeding almost 



