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Browns : clove and chestnut, in blotches, lines and splashes, very bold 

 and plentiful, larger at large end, otherwise evenly distributed. No. 2. 

 Same, but lilac .in spots and blotches less scarce. Light clove-brown 

 markings evenly distributed. Ground color very prominent. No. 3. 

 Same as No. i, but markings run together, with less clove-brown. Ground 

 color indistinct. No. 4. Same as No. 3, but markings more streaky. No. 5. 

 Same as No. i, but heaviest at small end. No. 6. Same as No. i. 1.78 

 XI. 17, 1.71X1.15, 1.75x1.19, 1.73x1.14, 1.72x1.16, 1.82x1.15. (De- 

 scribed by Lynds Jones.) 



Set IV.— April 3, 1893. Shabbona, DeKalb Co., 111. Collected by W. 

 L.Dawson. 4 eggs. Light bluish-grey. General appearance, brownish- 

 slate. No. I. Lilac and lavender in dots, spots and small blotches at 

 smaller end, plentiful in bold blotches and washes at large end, edges of 

 markings ill-defined. A few black markings at large end. No. 2 Same, 

 but lilac and lavender in much heavier pattern and more abundant, 

 nearly hiding ground color and forming a great blotch on large end. No. 3. 

 Same as No. i, but markings less heavy. No 4. Same as No. 3, but 

 browns more plentiful and edges well defined ; markings confluent at 

 large end only. Black in lines and spots on large end, plentiful. 1.70X 

 1.20, 1.76x1.21, 1.86x1.17, 1.69x1.20. (Described by Lynds Jones. ) 



Set v. — April 7, 1S93. Shabbona, DeKalb Co., Ill Collected by W. 

 L. Dawson. 2 eggs. Ground color obscured, appears to be light blue- 

 grey. No. I. Lavender and chestnut-brown in small oblong blotches, 

 very uniform No. 2. Same, but in addition, bold blotches of clove- 

 brown at each end, confluent at large end 1. 70x1. 15, 1.75x1.17. (De- 

 scribed by Lynds Jones. ) 



Set VI. — April 27, 1890. Lansingburg, N. Y. Collected by Harvey C. 

 Campbell. 5' eggs. Nos. i and 2. Pale greenish-blue, speckled with 

 olive-green and underlined with lavender-grey. Nos. 3 and 4. Ground 

 color darker, thickly marked with spots and blotches of olive-green inter- 

 mingling with cinerous. No. 4 has the addition of mouse-grey in splashes 

 at larger end. 1.54x1.14, 1.60X.1.13, 1.67x1.11, 1.57x1.15. 



Set VII.— April 7, 1893. Shabbona, DeKalb Co., 111. Collected by W. 

 L.Dawson, 3 eggs. Ground color pale greenish-blue. General appear- 

 ance speckled green. Nos 1 and 2, Lavender spots and dots very num- 

 erous, bold blotches and wide heavy splashes not very numerous. Clove- 

 brown in small blotches and bold splashes, not very numerous. All 

 markings uniformly distributed No. 3. Same, but with larger mark- 

 ings more numerous at large end. 1.65x1.15, 1.60x1.13, i.^j x /.^j. 

 (Described by Lynds Jones ) 



Set VIII. — May i, 1893. Carthage. Mo. Collected by John C. Brown, 



