November 



1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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Set VII. May 10, 1886. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. T. Nest a bulky affair, twenty feet up. 

 Three eggs, incubation slight. Uuffy yellow, 

 lieavily blotched and spotted with chestnut, 

 burut umber and purplish gray: 2.43x1.7.5; 

 2..Tlxl.81; 2.36x1.7.5. 



Set Vni. May 13, 1887. I'luni Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in very high tree. Three eggs, 

 fresh. Two of them buffy yellow, the other 

 huffy white, all three spotted and blotched 

 with chestnut and purplish gray: 2.42x1.82; 

 2.54x1.711; 2.44x1,82. 



Set IX. May 12, 1887. Plum Island, N. Y. 

 Nest in tree, about twenty feet up. Three 

 eggs, fresh, Buffy yellow, heavily spotted 

 and blotched with chestnut. One of the eggs 

 has the markings grouped fit the smaller end: 

 2.29x1.80; 2.:i4xl.78; 2.28x1.71. 



Set X. May 12, 1886. Plum Island, N. Y. 

 Nest made of sticks and sea-weed, in tree. 

 Three eggs, incubation slight. Buffy yellow, 

 two of them spotted and bb>tched with chest- 

 nut. The thinl has no blotches, but is covered 

 with small spots of chestnut. This is a rare 

 type of marking: 2.42x1.83; 2.411x1.83; 

 2..56xl.82. 



Set XI. May l:?, 1887. Plum Island, N. Y. 

 Nest in tree, about ten feet up. Three eggs, 

 incubation slight. Two of them bufty yellow, 

 heavily spotted and blotched with chestnut. 

 The third has a buffy white ground, spotted 

 with purplish gray and chestnut: 2.."i.5 x 1.79; 

 2.43 !£ 1.80; 2.:i4X1.76. 



Set XII. May 18, 1886. Hog Island, Va. 

 Nest made of sticks, drift grass, sea^weed and 

 moss. Three eggs, fresh. Bufty yellow, two 

 of them heavily spotted and blotched with 

 burnt umber and purplish gray. The third 

 has a number of small spots of pur])lish gray 

 and burnt unibcr: 2.40x1.82; 2.27x1.77; 

 2..50X 1.S4. 



Set XIII. .Maine. Nest of large sticks and 

 sea-weed, on top of high pine tree. Three 

 eggs, fresh. Bufty yellow, heavily blotched 

 with chestnut and purplish gray. On one of 

 the eggs the purplish gray markings are 

 unusually large and prominent, and the same 

 egg has one very large blotch of burnt umber: 

 2.:30xl.6S; 2.31x1.6!); 2.:iSxl.66. 



Set XIV. Miy 14, 1881. Cobb's Island, 

 Va. Nest in Ciedar tree. Three eggs, fresh. 

 Buffy yellow, heavily blotched and spotted 

 with burnt umber. One of the eggs is marked 

 at the smaller end: 2.:Wxl.74; 2.:?8xl.78; 

 2.29 xl.79. 



Set XV. May 12, 1881. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in an oak, fifteen feet up. Three 



eggs. Buffy yellow, blotched and spotted 

 with chestnut — one of them marked at the 

 smaller end, and another has also many spots 

 of purplish gray: 2.:Wxl.77; 2.36x1.76; 

 2.:33xl.81. 



Set XVI. May 14, 1881. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in white oak, twenty feet up. 

 Buffy white, two of them heavily spotted and 

 blotched all over with burnt umber. The 

 other is lightly marked with burnt umber, 

 except at the larg(a- end, but the general effect 

 of the egg is as if the colors had nearly all been 

 washed oft', and only a little left: 2.34x1.78; 

 2.:»x3.78; 2.:33xl.80. 



Set XVII. May 13, 1887. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in tree, thirty feet up. Three 

 eggs, fresh. Butt', heavily blotched and 

 spotted with chestnut. Some of the spots are 

 of a darker shade than others, and appear to 

 overlay the others: 2.39x1.70; 2.36x1.74; 

 2.:Wxl.74. 



Set XVIII. May 10, 1882. Gardiner's 

 Island, N. Y. Nest in tree, forty feet up_ 

 Three eggs. Buffy yellow, spotted and 

 blotched with chestnut and purplish gray. 

 Contrary to the usual type of markings on the 

 Osprey's eggs these are not very confluent: 

 2..30X1.73; 2.:?3xl.74; 2.Uxl.1\. 



Set XIX. May 13, 188.5. Shelter Island, 

 N. Y. Nest of seaweed and sticks, lined with 

 seaweed, in a scrub oak tree, thirty-five feet 

 up. Three eggs, incubation commenced. 

 Buffy yellow, two of them spotted and blotched 

 with chestnut and purplish gray. The third 

 egg has much brighter markings, more of a 

 burnt sienna color. This last described egg is 

 of an elongated, odd shape: 2.50x1.69; 

 2.:«ixl.74; 2.:«xl.76. 



Set XX. May 20, 1882. Shelter Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in black oak, twelve feet up. 

 Three eggs. Buffy yellow, heavily blotched 

 and spotted with chestnut and purplish gray: 

 2.:^6xl.75; 2.37x1.78; 2.40x1.77. 



Set XXI. May 10. 1882. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in an oak, thirty feet up. Three 

 eggs. Buffy white, two of them heavily 

 blotched and spotted with chestn\it and 

 purplish gray. The third egg is marked with 

 raw sienna, and the bright color makes a 

 beautiful contrast with the white ground color: 

 2.31x1.75; 2.:i2xl 76; 2.41x1.75. 



SetXXII. May 16, 1882. Gardiner's Island, 

 N. Y. Nest in white oak, thirty feet up. 

 Three eggs. One of them butty yellow heavily 

 blotched and spotted at the smaller end with 

 chestnut; the other two buffy white blotched 

 with chestnut and purplish gray. One of the 



