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at large end. No. 5. Lighter than first three eggs, sparsely spotted and 

 blotched with olive-green, except at larger end where they cluster to- 

 gether. There is one large blotch of mouse-grey at larger end, entirely 

 concealing the ground color. Some blotches of cinereous are scattered 

 over the surface. No. 6. Darker than the first three eggs, blotched 

 and spotted with clove-brown and olive-green. First three eggs resemble 

 each other closely, the remaining three are entirely different from one 

 another, and from the first three eggs. 1.65x1.07, 1.64x1.08, 1.64x1.11, 

 i.6oxi.og, 1.47x1.11. (6th egg broken. ) 



Set XXII. — April 17, 1892. Lansingburgh, N. Y. Collected by Harvey 

 C. Campbell. 5 eggs. 4 eggs light sea-green, thickly <:7o«<7'<'(/ with small 

 markings of olive-green, olive-brown and mouse-grey. No. 5. Pale 

 bluish, marked sparingly with olive-green, bistre, cinereous, and several, 

 minute dots of lilac-grey. 1.68x1.12, 1.66x1.16, 1.58x1.11, 1.55x1.10. 

 1.55X I. II. 



Set XXIII. — May 2, 1892, Centre Rutland, Vt. Collected by Wait C. 

 Johnson. 2 eggs. No. i. Light sea-green, spotted with dark-brown. 

 No. 2. Rather unique ; light olive-green, with few spots at small end, but 

 the ground color on large end almost obscured by blotches of deep brown, 

 almost black. Three of these blotches are about the size of dimes. 1.62 

 X 1. 12, 1.70 X 1. 19. 



Set XXIV. — April 16, 1893. Boone Co., Iowa. Collected by Carl Fritz 

 Henning. 5 eggs. This is a pretty set and shows a variety of markings. 

 One egg is light sea-green, heavily blotched at larger end with light-brown, 

 olive-brown and umber. No. 5 is a darker egg, blotched all over the 

 larger end with dark and olive-green, and dotted with umber and black. 

 The remaining three eggs are between the light and dark ground colors, 

 heavily marked over the entire eggs with brown and umber. 1.67 x 1.16, 

 1. 71 XI. 15, 1.60x1.17, 1. 70x1. 13, 1.68x1.17. 



Set XXV. —May 12, 1893. St. Paul, Minn. Collected by Walton 

 Mitchell. 6 eggs. Five eggs light sea-green, heavily spotted with brown 

 and purple ; one egg light blue, one large blotch of brown and a few 

 purple markings on the large end. 1.56x1.20, 1.60x1.27, 1.60x1.27, 

 1.62x1.30, 1.62x1.29, 1.65x1.30. 



Set XXVI.— April 10, 1886. Tredyffim Twp., Chester Co., Penn. 

 Collected by F. L. Burns. 5 eggs. No. i. Malachite-green, spotted 

 and blotched with olive-green and olive-brown. No. 2. Chromium- 

 green, marked similarly to No. i ; a few shell markings of drab-grey 

 noticeable. No. 3. Light glaucous-green, with a few shell markings 

 of drab-grey ; spotted and blotched with olive-green, olive-brown, and a 

 few small spots and dashes of clove-brown at large end over all. No. 4. 



