large blotches at larger end, ground color very prominent. 1.74x1.20, 

 1. 70x1.20, 1.66x1.20, 1.66x1.19, 1.65x1.16, 1.65x1. 15, Eggs uniformly 

 ovate, a very little elongate. 



Set XIV. — April 25, 1892. Oberlin, Ohio. Collected by Lynds Jones. 

 5 eggs. Type specimen very light nile-blue. with a few small markings 

 of wood-brown and lavender, these very heavily overlaid with great 

 blotches of wood- and hair-brown in about equal quantity and size. Many 

 of these blotches are .2ox .60. There are three eggs of this type. No. 4. 

 Much the same but the blotches are smaller and more indefinite. No. 5. 

 Very much lighter, with very few small markings or large blotches except 

 at larger end ; and with more lilac shell blotches, sparsely and evenly 

 distributed. Nos. i to 4 are almost ovate pyriform, while No. 5 is almost 

 elongate ovate. 1.79x1.19, 1.74x1.20, 1.73x1.20, 1.72x1.20,1.71x1.19. 



Set XV. — April 30, 1891. Yakima Co., Wash. Collected by W. L. 

 Dawson. 5 eggs. Light nile-blue. Type, evenly distributed dots and 

 spots of wood-brown and blotches of same and hair-brown, sparsely 

 sprinkled with black dots, all markings having clear-cut edges, and the 

 ground color conspicuous. Nos. 2 and 3. Much more heavily marked 

 with a uniform wood-brown, these markings having a streaky appearance, 

 looking as if they had been rubbed from large end down while still 

 damp ; this peculiar pattern is conhned to the middle regions. No. 2 has 

 a large triangular and several small irregular lines of dark clove-brown 

 immediately above the pole of the large end. No. 3 has only faint traces 

 of the color in a few indefinite lines and spots over the entire egg. No. 4. 

 Very sparsely with small, and indefinitely defined markings of wood- 

 brown, with black dots scattered evenly over the egg, and a great irregu- 

 lar broken rca'sed blotch of black on larger end, which looks like dried 

 tar. No. 5 is very evenly marked with well defined but small blotches of 

 lavender under the wood-brown, giving it a clean freckled appearance. 

 1.73x1.20. 1.61 XI. 19, 160x1. 18, 1.62x1.22, 1.57x1.19. (Described by 

 Lynds Jones. ) 



Set XVI — April 14, 1886. Valley Forge, Montgomery Co., Pa. Collected 

 by F. L. Burns. 4 eggs. Palest possible tint of glaucous-green. No. i. 

 Regularly, almost completely over-laid with olive-green, heaviest at larger 

 end ; a few specks of clove-brown noticeable. No. 2. Regularly spotted 

 and blotched with olive-green, heaviest at smaller end, a few specks of 

 clove-brown and some olive-grey shell markings noticeable. No. 3 has 

 the most olive-grey shell markings of any of the set. It is lightly spotted 

 and blotched with olive-green. No. 4 is similar to No. 3, but more spar- 

 ingly marked. This set gradates from heavy to light markings. Ovate. 

 1.54x1.12, 1.59x1.15, 1. 51x1. 11, 1.53x1.13. 



