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large blotL-hus uml spots of the same color at 

 the smaller ciiils: 2.1!txl.71; i.lOxl."!!; 

 2.-25X 1.72. 



Set XXV'l. Ai>ril 17. ISTd. Suniiysidc, 

 Xorwich. CI. Colle.-tod liy " J. JI. W." Nest ill 

 " immcinorial chestnut. Before 1870 a negro 

 climber took several pairs of young. Since 

 ]87(). pairs, trios and fours of eggs taken — all 

 Hnentiitt. 'I'lic nesting site is so large at the 

 fork of the tree that no material has to he 

 added. Birds both seen." Three eggs, fresh. 

 Bluish white, one lightly marked at tlie larger 

 end witli a few spots of russet; another quite 

 heavily sjiotted with burnt umber, also at the 

 larger end, while the third is heavily spotted 

 at the smaller end with insset: L'. 15 x 1.72: 

 2.18x1.7."); 2.2") X 1.711. 



SetXXVll. .\pril 2(1, 1SS4. Sandy Il.dlow, 

 Ledyard, (;t. (■()llecte<l by ■■ .1. .M. W.' " Old 

 nest in Norman's long range of woods. Fe- 

 male .shy and silent. Xo male seen." Four 

 eggs, incubation begun. Dull white; one 

 faintly marked with lavender-gray and a few 

 specks of russet; the other three heavily 

 marked with large blolclics and s]iots of rus- 

 set and burnt unibcr. The ni;irkiiigs are 

 principally in the centre of the surface, and 

 produce a very striking elYcct: 2. l."i x 1.7-'); 

 2.17x1.7!); 2.21x1.72: 2.17x1.7.".. 



SetXXVIll. .May2. IS77. Swamp, Snnnyside 

 Wood.s, Norwich, Ct. Collected l)y "J. M. VV." 

 " New nest in small leaning oak. .Seen build- 

 ing. Female made bold dashes toward me." 

 Two eggs, fresh. Dull white, spotlcd and 

 streaked with small markings of fawn color: 

 2.24 X 1.70; 2.24 \ l.7n. 



Set XXIX. .\pril 211, l.ssT. Fair View Farm, 

 Norwich, Ct. Collected by ".1. M. \V." "Nest 

 in a beech. uiMr cil^c of clicstiuit grove, in 

 lioinc ImI williin full view of road. l!i'<'cli 

 covcii'd willi inili.-ils. Diiviiig liy al '.I a.m., 

 saw /,'/(//., snaring llllld feet ovc|- nest — 

 negro tramp walking througli grove. Itetnrn- 

 ing at 12 M, drove liiirdtiis from clutch, and 

 oil ;i,scension gray-si|iiirri'l laii from six yonn;; 

 in old crow's nest, on whicli the ucu nest of 

 lliito was placed," Three eggs, fresh. Dull 

 wdiite, spotte 1 and chiodcd with eciu-hali and 

 fawn color: 2, 1:1x1, 71: 2.1:',xl.77: 2.1:1x1.72. 



Set XXX. .\pril 1."., issii, Stait stall, .Mich, 

 Collected foi- \V. C. l!ri)wncll. Nest in o.ik, 

 thirty feet fro:ii ground, .\I id(! of sticks ;ind 

 leaves, lined with leaves and fcatliei-s. 'I'hree 

 eggs, fresh. While, spotted with russet and 

 burnt umber. On one of the eggs the mark- 

 ings are nearly all at the smaller cnil : on 

 another they are ;it the laiger enil: while the 



third has them on the centre of the surface: 

 2.20x1.75; 2.14x1.74; 2.12x1.77. 



Set XXXI. April 10, IS.sl, (}oodricli, 

 Mi<di. Collected by Samuel Spicer, .Nest in 

 small white oak, forty feet u|i, couiiioscd out- 

 wardly of coarse sticks, and lined with strips 

 of bark and leaves. Three eggs, fresh. Bluish 

 white; one of them clouded with lavender- 

 gray; the oilier two heavily blotidu'd and 

 spotted with burnt umber: 2,14 x l,5,s, an odd 

 shaped egg, as both ends are of cipial size, 

 2.1SX 1,70; 2,10x1.75, 



• Set XXXII, April 24, 1S85. Norwich, Ct. 

 Collected by "J. M. \\." '-Nest in chestnut, 

 thirty-five feet up. Female on iiest." Three 

 eggs, fresh. White; one sjioltcil at the 



I smaller end with fawn color; the other two 

 are heavily blotched and spotted, one at the 

 smaller end, and the other at the larger, with 

 russet. The pure white ground and the bohl 

 nuirkings on these two eggs produce a beauti- 

 ful effect: 2.21 x 1.78; 2.20x 1.75; 2,17 x 1,70, 



SetXXXlII, April 1:^, 1880. Livonia, Wayne 

 County, Micdi. Collected by E. W. Dnrfee. 

 Nest in beech tree, tifty feet up. Made of 

 sticks, moss, and sod. Five eggs, incubation 

 commenced. This is the only set of five eggs 

 in the whole series of seventy-seven sets. It is 

 extremely rare for this Hawk to lay more than 

 four eggs, and I never heard of but one ntlicr 

 set of five. Dull white, spotted and blnlrhe<l 

 with russet and burnt umber: 2.1!) x 1..55; 

 l.!)i)xl.04; 2.0!lxl.5!l; 2.10x1.05: 2.0:3x1.04. 



SetXXXlV. April 21. 1S80. Norwich, Ct. 

 Collei-ted by ".I. .M. W." "Nest over seventy 

 feet from ground, in very high and uld bhu-k 

 oak. Only by aid of lield glass could fcatljeisbe 

 seen on nest. Was a luow's nest in 1.'>S5, Birds 

 seen often," Four cg,gs, fresh, Uluish white: 

 one egg has a few large blotidies of burnt 

 umber ne^ar the larger end; a secoml a niinilicr 

 of spots of russet at the larger end: anollicr a 

 few spots of the same color at the smaller 

 end, and the fourth is lightly spotted all over 

 with lavciidcr-gray. ,\nd here I wish to tak(? 

 issue with the old and often repeate<l state- 

 ment that one sees so often in the books, 

 about the grays and lavender colors being ino- 

 duced by there being darker color.< further 

 under the surface of the shell than is the case 

 with reds and browns, and the lime on the 

 surface overhxying the latter produces these 

 light;er tints of grays, etc. Such is not the 

 ease, as anyone can easily see for himself by fil- 

 ing the surface of gray spots on eggs, as 1 have 

 done. If red or brown was under the surface 

 the tile would expose them, but instead of 



