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an indistinct wreath of spots near the larger 

 end. This is a rare type. 



SotLXIV. April 10, 188."). " The Commons," 

 Preston, (it. Colleeted by " .J. M. W." " Nest 

 in tall ehestnut, among straggling oaks and 

 eliestnuts. Birds well noted, bnt sliy, on ac- 

 count of open woods. Nest fully feathered." 

 Three eggs, fre.sli. Bluish white; one speckled 

 and spotted with fawn color; the other two 

 spotted and streaked with fawn color and 

 chestnut. On these two eggs the markings 

 have the peculiar appearance described in Sets 

 r,VI, I.VIl, and LX: i.L'O x I.7l'; i;.-21x174; 

 L'.24x 1.71. 



Set LXV. .Vpril 21, IS7S. Ayer's Factory, 

 Ledyard, Ct. Collected by ".J. M. W." 

 " Xcst full-feathered in tall chestnut. Large 

 female seen, fired at, and missed." Three 

 eggs, incubation advanced. White; one heavily 

 blotched and spotted with burnt umber — a 

 most beautiful egg. The markings nearly ob- 

 scure the larger cud. The other two are 

 heavily blotched -.nu] clouded with purplish 

 gray, russet and burnt umber. .\ very hand- 

 some set: 2.14x1.77; 2.14x1.7-5; 2.1!)xl.79. 



Set LXVI. April 2i), 1882. Near Utica, X. 

 V. Collected by .los. Ciould anil II. Cui'iam. 

 Xest in laige tree. Four eggs, incubation 

 commcnccil. Dull wliite; one lightly speckled 

 with burnt umber; another more lie.avily 

 s|)eckled with the same color: and tlie other 

 two blotched witli the same: 2.20x1.77; 

 2.21 X 1.74: 2.:;:; X 1.74; 2.21x1.7:!. 



Set LXVII. .4pril 22, 1888. Near City Re- 

 servoir, Norwich, Ct. Collected by "J. M. VV." 

 •' This hawk had sets of four in 188-") and I88G. 

 Uaiscd her sci'ond clutch in 1887. Toi>k sec- 

 ond set of three on May 0, 1888. All in high 

 chestnuts."' Four eggs, fresh. This set well 

 exliibits the great variation even in eggs in the 

 same set of tliis bird: for threi' of these are 

 dull white, and the fourth is bluish white. 

 Tlic latter egg is faintly sjxitted with lavender- 

 gray: another is quite heavily .sjiotted and 

 streaked at the smaller end with fawn C(dor, 

 with a single blotch of burnt umber; a thii-d is 

 minutely speckled and clouded with russet: 

 while the fourth is spotted and blotcjied with 

 blight chestnut. .Ml fcuu- of them are entirely 

 different, ami yet all of them were undoubt- 

 edly laid by the same bird: 2,14x1.73; 

 2.17x1.74; 2.l:;xl.7:i: 2.25x1.72. 



Set LXVIll. .\i)ril 18, IS8:l. Suunyside, 

 Norwich, Ct. Collected by ".I. M. W." 

 " Xest chiefly of new material, not over twenty 

 feet up on young, leaning oak. Nest exam- 

 inccl bcfi.ie ovjiiositing. Hawk Hushed on 



climbing." Three eggs, fresh, lilnisb white; 

 one marked with a few spots of russet: the 

 other two quite heavily spotted, especially at 

 the larger ends, with tbesame color: 2.2."i x 1.74; 

 2.21 xl.74: 2.1lixl.7."i. 



Set LXIX. April 24, 188.'), Preston, Ct. 

 Collected by ".J. M. W." "Nest in chestnut 

 tree." Three eggs, fresh. Bluish white; two 

 of them beautifully blotched and spotted with 

 burnt umber; the third has small spots of the 

 same color but also a number <if purplish gray 

 markings: 2.0i)xl.70: 2.l:;x l.()!i; 2.17x 1.7:!. 



Set LXX. April (1, 18.s7. llarttord, Ct. 

 Collected by W. E. Treat. Nest of coarse 

 sticks, liiied with hemlock boughs and bark; 

 in an oak fifty feet uji. Two eggs, fresh. 

 Bluish white; one spotted and blotched, near 

 the smaller end, with burnt unibci': the other 

 heavily spotte<l, at the hirger eml, with vina- 

 ceous and chestnut The latter is a beautiful 

 egg: 2.17 X 1.7!); 2.1(1 X 1.7.5. 



SetLXXI. April 14, 1880. Sandy Hollow, 

 Ledyard, Ct. C(dlected by "J. M. \V." "Olil 

 nest in chestnut, with fresh but scanly lining 

 of tree lichen. Female flushed at <dose ipiar- 

 ters. Three eggs, fresh. Bluish white: one 

 delicately clouded with ])uriilish gray, and 

 marked with a few specks of lu.sset: llu' olhi'r 

 two heavily marked with spots of chestnut, in 

 the form of indistinct wreaths near the larger 

 ends. As before remarked this is very inius- 

 ual for this species: 2,14x1,74: 2,l7xl,7S: 

 2,18x1.7.5. 



Set LXXII. April 27, 188:!. Plain Hill. 

 Norwich, Ct. Collected by ".I. .M. \V," 

 "Chestnut grove on east side. Old, well 

 feathered nest in high crotch of chestnut tree 

 three feet in diameter. Hawk on nest until 

 ladder was raised against tree." Three eggs, 

 fresh. Dull white; speckled and s])otled with 

 russet: 2,12x1.70: 2.l:!xl,7l: 2, 1:5x1, 70. 



Set LXXIll. April 27, 188:-!. (ioodrii;!), 

 Mich. Collected by Samuel Spicer. Four 

 eggs, incubation advanced. Dull wliite; one 

 .spotted with ecru drab; the others s]Kitted 

 and blotched with burnt umber: 2. 10x1, 7.5: 

 2,28x1,80; 2.2(1x1,80: 2.10x1,80. 



Set LXXIV. .May 10, 187-5, Preston, Ct. 

 Collecte<l by "J. M. \V. ' " Xest in low chest- 

 nut tree." Two eggs, fresh. Bluish white, 

 spotted and blotched with burnt umber: 

 2.10X 1.04: 2. ('0x1.50. 



Set LXXV. May 2, 188:5. Sweet's Woods, 

 Lebanon, Ct. Collected by "J. M. W." "A 

 leafy nest in old chestnut — feathers on limbs 

 near nest. Nest was about forty-five feet nji. 

 but hawk covered eggs until climber was up 



