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with shell markings of mouse, and olive-grey, overlaid with spots and 

 blotches of olive-green and brown, a few spots of clove-brown at large 

 end. Markings every where bold and distinct. Ovate. 1.73 x 1.24, 1.63 

 XI. 24, 1.72x1.23, 1.72x1.24. 



Set XLIII.— April 23, 1893. Ransom, Mich. Collected by E. Arnold. 

 I egg. Chromium-green. Spotted and blotched with olive-green and 

 olive-brown. Ovate. 1.69x1.20. (Described by F. L. Burns. ) 



Set XLIV.— April 23, 1892. Cayuga Co., N. Y. Collected by John 

 Minchin. 5 eggs. No. i. Chromium-green, with olive- and smoke- 

 grey shell markings, very heavy and confluent over the large end ; heavily 

 overlaid with olive-green markings. No. 2. Bice-green with same 

 markings. No. 3, Bice-green, blotched and spotted heavily with olive- 

 green and some clove-brown. Nos. 4 and 5. French-green, heavily 

 marked with olive-green, overlaid with blotches of olive-brown and specks 

 of clove-brown. A very dark set. Almost sub-pyriform. ^.ojxi.33. 

 1.72 x 1. 16, 1.68 X 1. 14, 1.65 X 1. 16, 1.68 X 1. 12. (Described by F. L. Burns. ) 



Set XV. — April -23, 1893. Ransom, Mich. Collected by E. Arnold. 4 

 eggs. 3 eggs French-green, blotched and spotted with olive-green, over- 

 laid with heavy markings of clove-brown. No. 3. Showing a few shell 

 markings of olive-grey. General appearance is bottle-green. No. 4. 

 Light glaucous-green with numerous shell markings of olive-grey, sparse- 

 ly spotted and blotched with raw-umber and clove-brown. 1.77x1.21. 

 1.73x1.23, i.68xT.2i, 1.58x1.21. (Described by F. L. Burns. ) 



Set XLVI.— May 7, 1893. Ransom, Mich. Collected by E. Arnold. 

 5 eggs. 4 eggs light French-green, with shell markings of olive-grey ; 

 thickly and evenly spotted and blotched with olive-green, olive- and clove- 

 brown. No. 5. Glaucous-green, with olive-grey shell markings, spotted 

 and blotched with olive-green, olive- and clove-brown, principally at large 

 end. 4 eggs very dark, one light. Ovate. 1.70x1.21, 1.69x1.22, 1.70X 

 1. 21, 1.70 X 1.22, 1. 71 X 1.21. (Described by F. L. Burns.) 



Set XLVII.^May 5, 1893. Clear Creek, Jefferson Co., Colo. Col- 

 lected by Frederick M. Dille. 6 eggs. Ground color intense green 

 (French-green). Markings heavy and distinct of olive-green and brown. 

 One egg streaked and one marked around smaller' end. 1.60 x 1. 12, 1.62 

 1. 12, 1.64x1.17, 1.59x1.13, 1.72x1.14, 1.65x1.14. 



Set XLVIII.— April 21, 1891. Lansingburgh, N. Y. Collected by 

 Harvey C. Campbell. 5 eggs. 4 eggs sage-green, clouded heavily with 

 olive-grey and spots of olive-green. No. 5. Pale bluish-green, thickly 

 spotted and blotched with olive-green, olive-brown and mouse-grey. 1.67 

 XI. 14, 1.69x1.13, 1.54x1.14, 1.64x1.12, 1. 70x1. 14. 



Set XLXI. — April 17, 1892. Lansingburgh, N. Y. Collected by Harvev 



