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and I have taken them here as late as May 

 25. Reappears first week in September. 



160. Dendroica striata (Forst.). Black-poll 

 Warbler. Transient visitant; common. Ar- 

 rives second week in May, and again by the 

 first week in September, remaining until tlie 

 last week in that month. 



1(51. Drmlrolca JdaekhurnuK (Gmel.). Black- 

 bnrnian Warbler. Summer resident; rare; in 

 migration common. Arrives first week in 

 May, and I have found its nest containing 

 fresh eggs by June 10. Departs last week in 

 September. 



162. Dendroica dominica (Linn.). Yellow- 

 throated Warbler. Accidental straggler in 

 summer. Took one on June 15, 1887, which is 

 the only one of this species I have ever ob- 

 served here. 



J(!o. Dendroica virenx (Gmel.). Black- 

 tliroated Green Warbler. Transient visitant; 

 common. Arrives by the 10th of May, and 

 again by the second week in September. 



164. Dendroica viyorsii (And.). Pine War- 

 bler. Summer resident; rare. Arrives sec- 

 ond week in April, and have found their nest 

 by the third week in May. Departs by Oc- 

 tober 20. 



(To be continued.) 



(.'l/rns li. Jiessel. 

 Ereildonn, I'a. 



A Series of Eggs of the Chuck-will's- 

 widow. 



The eggs of the Chuck- will' s-widow (^'l»/)-o.s- 

 tonufi carolinenniK) are always two, and are either 

 deposited on the bare ground, or on a few dead 

 leaves in a wood. In shape they are elliptical 

 oval, and it is seldom that they are smaller at 

 one end than at the other. Their ground 

 color is very constant, being a pale pinkish- 

 buff, and seldom varies in tint, but their mark- 

 ings show great variation, and the difference 

 in the sizes of different sets of eggs exhibit great 

 variation. It should be remarked, however, 

 that the two eggs in each particular set show but 

 little difference in size. 



Set I. April 8, 1886, Comal county, Texas. 

 Two eggs, pale pinkish-buff" marbled with lilac- 

 gray and fawn color: 1.28 x. 95; l.:^l x.94. 

 The smallest sized set in the series. 



Set II. May 30, 1887. La Fayette County, 

 Mississippi. Two eggs, very pale pinkish-buff', 

 spotted with lavender-gray: l.;58x.94; l.;]9 

 X.91. 



Set III. May 8, 1888, Cliatham County, 

 Georgia. Two eggs, very pale pinkish-buff'. 



lightly spotted witli lavender-gray, and few 

 specks of burnt umber: 1.43 x.99; 1.39 x.99. 



Set IV. May 14, 1887. La Fayette County, 

 Mississippi. Two eggs, pinkish-butt', heavily 

 marbled and spotted with lilac-gray and tawny- 

 olive: 1.39 x. 1.02; 1.38x1.01. The above de- 

 scribes these eggs as they appear now, but 

 tliey were very different when I first received 

 them. My collector packed them up the day 

 after he took them, and sent them to mo at 

 once, so that tliey reached me about three 

 days after they were collected. The colors 

 were then much brighter than they now are, 

 and what is now tawny-olive color was then 

 almost burnt umber, but in spite of being 

 kept away from the light they have steadily 

 faded. 



Set V. June 8, 1885, Edgecomb County, 

 Nortli Carolina. Two eggs, pale pinkish-buff, 

 marbled witli lilac-gray, and spotted with 

 drab: 1.51 x 1.01 ; 1.54 x 1.04. The largest sized 

 set in the series, and very large eggs for this 

 species. 



Set "VI. May 9, 1885, St. John's County, 

 Florida. Two eggs, light pinkish-buff, spot- 

 ted and marbled with lilac-gray, and one egg 

 has also a few small spots of burnt umber: 

 1.39 x. 98; l.;39x1.02. 



Set VII. May 21, 1886, Beaufort County, 

 Simth Carolina. Two eggs, i»inkish-buff, 

 spotted and marbled with lilac-gray and burnt 

 umber. There are also some spots of drab. 

 Heavily marked for this species: 1..35xl.02; 

 1.37x1.02. 



Set VIII. June 9, 1887, Beaufort County, 

 South Carolina. Two eggs, pinkish-buff', mar- 

 bled and spotted with lilac-gray and bistre. 

 There are also heavy blotches of mouse-gray. 

 The markings on this set are the heaviest of 

 any in the series, and tliey are the hand- 

 somest eggs: 1.44x1.04; l.;Mxl.01. 



Set IX. May 4, 1885, St. John's County, Soutli 

 Carolina. Two eggs, pinkish-buff', marbled 

 and spotted with lilac-gray, mouse-gray, and 

 bistre. The spots of tlie latter color are all 

 grouped around one end on each egg, where 

 they form indistinct wreaths. This is an un- 

 usual style of marking for this .species: 1.43 

 xl.02; 1.44x1.02. J. P. N. 



A Queer Nest. 



Those who have been out in the Mexican 

 country well know the condition it is in. Here 

 and there you see the bodies of the cattle that 

 have perished through the winter for want 



