COMPARATIVE OOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 483 

 Oology of North American Passeres — Continued. 



J. oscines — continued. 

 Mniotiltidoe 



Siurus 



Tcteria 



CinclidcB 



Troglodytidce 



(1) Telmatodytes palustrus . 



(2) Salpinctes ohsoletus. 



(3) Cistothorus atellaris 



MIMING. 

 Oreoscoptes 



Mimus. 



Galeoscoptes 



Harporhynchus . 



H. rnfus 



H. crissalis 



The American warblers lay from 3-7 cgg«, some 3-4, etc. As a rule, 

 they are white, or creamy white, or pale greenish or bluish white, 

 or grayish, or even pinkish. They arc more or less spotted, etc., 

 chiefly round the larger enu, with various shades of brown or lilac, 

 or roan black, less commonly speckled all over. Species very numer- 

 ous, and the eggs varying for each species. 



i Eggs 3-6, pure white or creamy 



white, spotted with reddish- 

 brown and lilac-gray. 

 Egg 3-5, white and speckled with brown. 



Eggs, about 5, pure white | Eggs 3-5, plain pure white. 



Eggs of three patterns, (1) those densely spotted; (2) those sparsely 

 spotted, and (3) those pure white. Generally numerous, some species 

 laying as many as 10. I give a species of each from Coues, using the 

 nomenclature of his "Key." 

 Eggs 0-10, very dark colored, being 

 so thickly dotted with chocolate- 

 brown as to appear almost uni- 

 formly of this color. 



Eggs, 5-8; crystalline whiteness, 

 sparsely sprinkled with reddish- 

 brown dots. 



Eggs white 



Eggs4, light greenish-blue, heavily 

 marked with brown and neutral 

 tint. 



Eggs 4-0, oluish-green, heavily 

 speckled and freckled with sev- 

 eral brownish shades. 



Eggs 4-6, deep greenish-blue, not 

 spotted. 



Turd idee: 



My (ideates. 



Tardus 



T. mustelinus 

 T. alicice , 



Merula 



Cyanecula suecica . 



S-xicola cenanthe 



Sialia 



Paridee : 

 Pants 



Psaltriparus . 

 Auriparus. .. 



Eggs 4-6, whitish or greenish, 



speckled with brown. 

 Eggs, usually 2, emerald green, 



unspotted. (The exception for 



the genus.) 



Eggs, 4; bluish-white, freckled 

 with reddish-brown. 



Like Merula migratoria. 



Eggs, 4-7; greenish-blue without 

 spots. 



Tanagrid.ee. 

 Evphonia . 



Eggs, 6-8: white fully sprinkled 



with reddish-brown. 

 Eggs, 6-9; white, unmarked. 

 Eggs, 4-6; pale bluish, speckled 



with brown. 

 Dull greenish-blue, fully spotted 



with brown and lilac. 



(Campylorhy'nchvs.) Eggs with 

 the. ground color whitish, 

 creamy white, or salmon buff 

 nearly masked by dense sprink- 

 ling of reddish-brown, general 

 hue light brownish-pink. 



Eggs very variable in coloration, 

 but usually speckled. 



Eggs plain pale greenish-blue. 



Eggs, 3-0; whitish, speckled with 

 reddish-brown. 



Eggs, 2-5; plain greenish-blue. 



Eggs greenish-blue, spotted with 

 rusty brown. 



Eggs, 3-5 ; plain bluish (veryrarely 

 speckled with brown). 



Eggs, 3-5 ; pale olive, olive-green- 

 ish or brownish, deeper on or 

 around larger end (sometimes 

 uniform). 



Eggs 3-0 plain, pale greenish-blue. 



Eggs, 4-7; plain, pale greenish- 

 blue (very rarely white). 



(White, usually speckled). 



(Pure white). 



(Chiefly around larger end). 



(Piranga): 3-5, bluish or green- 

 ish, spotted with brown. 



Eggs creamy-white, with a few 

 scattered 'spots and blotches, 

 principally at the larger end, of 

 two shades of brown. 



