Jan. 1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



doing so tlie grays themselves disappear witli- 

 out leaving any trace of any other color. They 

 are entirely separate and distinct colors: 

 2.05x1.71; -'.01 X ].(!-; 2.0.5 xl.68; 2.04x1.08. 



Set XXXV. April 22, 1S8+. Hell Gate, 

 Preston, Ct. Collected by "J. M. \V.'" '■ Xest 

 in tall chestnut near by the big ininieninrial 

 chestnut of many sets. Hawks near by ami 

 demonstrative." Two eggs, fresh. Bliiisli 

 white: one marked all over with small spots of 

 lavender-gray and specks of burnt \imlier: the 

 other l)oldly blotched at the smaller end with 

 chestnut, and a few markings of ccrn-drair: 

 2.08x1.(19; 2.14x1.7:!. 



Set XXXVI. April 11, 18S(i. Near tlie 

 Island, Harvey's Bog, Preston, Ct. Collected 

 by ".I. >I. W." "Small old nest i]i chestnut. 

 Xo liawk on nest, but both parents .sailing 

 overhead." Two eggs, frcsli. (The set con- 

 sisted of Three, but one was broken while de- 

 scending the tree.) Bluish white; one of them 

 spotted and clouded witli burnt umber; the 

 otlier spotted with lavender-gray and russet: 

 2.15x1.70; 2.2.5x1.70. 



Set XXXVII. A])ril 24, 1S7.5. Xorwicli, 

 Ct. Collected by •■.!. M. W." "Xest in 

 HDckweH's Woods, back of Free .Vcademy. 

 Principal trying to shoot hawks — often seen. 

 From old sijuirrel's nest, in first folk of tall 

 chestnut. Ne.xt season six young gray squir- 

 rels; next, two eggs of Ihicufnx.'' Tliree eggs, 

 incubation just commenceil. White; one of 

 thcni spotted principally at tlie .smaller 

 end, witli russet; anotlier curiously streaked 

 and spotted witli the same color, mainly on 

 the centre of the surface; the third delicately 

 marked at the larger end with delicate zigzag 

 lines of burnt nmber, while the centre of ime 

 side of the surface is nearly covered with two 

 very large blotches of chestnut, the whole 

 forming a most strikingly handsome egg: 

 2.I.5X 1.71!; 2.20X 1.74: 2.21 x 1.07. 



Set XXXVIII. April 2:!. 1879. Boggy 

 Meadow Reservoir, X'or«ich, Ct. Collected 

 by ''.T. M. W."' "Xest in lowest crotch in 

 low o;ik, ill low woodland, well hidden by 

 side of thick swamp. Female on leaving nest 

 called the male, and both parents scolded from 

 perches "in adjoining trees within gunshot. 

 .Slight new nest on old crow foundation." 

 Three eggs, fresh. Bluish white; one clouded 

 with lavender-giiiy, and a few markings 

 (query, if they are not stains) of ochraceous- 

 buff ; another boldly blotched at the smaller 

 end only with bright chestnut; the third 

 heavily lilotclicd, spotted, and streaked with 

 russet and chestnut. Hotli tlic second mid 



third described eggs are beautiful, the con- 

 trast of the heavy markings and the white 

 ground color being most effective: 2.0:3 .\ 1.72; 

 2.18x1.08; 2.10 X 1.70. 



Set XXXI.X. .\pril 29, 1882. Xear Utica, 

 X. y. Collected by .los. (Jould and li. Curren. 

 Xest in large tree. Three eggs, incubation 

 begun. Bluish white; two of them speckled 

 and spotted with burnt umber, one more 

 heavily at the siiiiiller ciiil, and the other at 

 the larger, while the third is heavily spotted 

 and blotched at the larger end with the sanu> 

 color; 2.20x1.70: 2.24x1.72; 2.20x1.74. 



Set XI,. .\[oil 21,188". Cranberry Bog. 

 Wawcciis Hill, X^orwich, Ct. Collected by 

 ".I. -M. W." "One egg, laid within an hour 

 of taking. Female at close range. " Pluish 

 white, heavily spotted and blotched with 

 bright chestnut. Nothing more brilliant than 

 the markings on this egg c;in be found in the 

 whole series: 2.11 x 1.72. 



■SetXLI. .\pril 15, 1,S77. Plain Hill. Xor- 

 wicli, Ct. Collected by " .1. M. W." "Xest 

 in Lillibridgc's West Wood, In old chestnut 

 used by sni illcr liiitco in 1870. This female 

 large, and not shy, li^diting on trees near nest. 

 Male smaller and wilder. Three eggs, fresh. 

 Very spherical. One dull white, clouded with 

 lavender-gray, and having a few specks of 

 russet; the other two bluish white, beautifully 

 spotted with chestnut all over the surface: 

 2,07 X 1.80; 2.0;! X 1.78; 2.04 x 1.75. 



Set XLII. April 20, 1882. Ox Hill. Xorwich, 

 Ct. Collected by ".I. M. W." "Nest in 

 thrifty chestnut, in S(|iiare chestnut grove 

 above Cobb's House, westerly slope of (iallow's 

 Hill. Fine new nest on old site. Bird .shy 

 and noisy while building; but later clung to 

 clutch until the climber was twenty feet up." 

 Two eggs, fresh. This set exbiliits in a strik- 

 ing manner tlie wonderful variation to which 

 the eggs of this bird are subject. Both .are 

 dnll white, but one has large bbitches of chest- 

 nut, mainly at the smaller end; while the other 

 has the surface evenly siuinkled with small 

 spots and specks of russet. The two bear no 

 resemblance to each other except in size, and 

 the last described one is a very rare type of 

 markings for this species, being the only one 

 so marked in the entire series of 2;>:! eggs; 

 2.00x1.09; 2.01 x 1.05. 



Set XMII. May IM, 1885. LiUibridge's 

 West Woods. Plain Hill, Norwich, Ct. Col- 

 lected by '.I. .M W." "Birds seen pairing, 

 hunting, building, tlld nest seventy feet up 

 in large chestnut. Previous set of four from 

 same tree. Manv sets of 11. liinKtiiy and 



