^'''" ifi'^' 1 Shufeldt, /r^'^.s of Reptiles, cuid Birds Compared. 233 



Figs. 10-15. ■ Wli'ic, cUiiisoidal cgg.s ot some of Ihc smaller species 

 oi Xurih Anicricaa lizards. 10, Carphophiops amcenus ; 

 II, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus ; 12, Sceloporus undulaius ; 

 13, three eggs of Liolopisma laterale ; 14, Cnemidophorus 

 sexlineatus ; and 15, three eggs of Anolis carolinensis. Col- 

 lection of U.S. National Museum (Dept. of Reptiles). 



Figs. 16-18. — Cacatua roseicapilla, exhibiting variations in size and 

 form. Collected by S. Robinson, Hariman Park, Queensland 

 (Fig. 16, set mark 480, set of 4, 7, 9, 10 ; fig. 17, 480, 2/4, 

 ij, 8, Q ; fig. 18, 480, 1/4, 7, 0, 10). Court collection. 



Platk XXXTX. 

 Fig. 19. — Belted Kingfisher {Ceryle alcyon). 

 Fig. 20. — Burrowing Owl (Speoiyto cnnicitlaria Jiypo^trcr . Obcrlin, 



Decatur Count3^ Kansas, h'ggs 7, 5, iS, w. Guy Lo\'e, 



collector. 6-1/L-15. 

 Fig. 21. — Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon^. Same clutch as egg 



shown in fig. 19. Figs. 19-21 from Court collection. 



Fig. 22. — "Stinkpot " turtle {Aromochelys odoratiis). Potomac River, 

 near Alexandria, Virginia. Court collection. 



Figs. 23, 24. — Night-Hawk (Chordeiles vivginianus virginianus). 

 Maryland. Court collection. Compare the form with the 

 turtle's egg shown in fig. 22 of this Plate. 



Figs. 25, 26. — White, ellipsoidal eggs of the Owlet-Nightjar (JEgotheles 

 novce-hollandicB). Captain S. A. White, collector. loth 

 October, 1909. Murray River. (Three eggs.j Set mark 

 1/8, Court collection. 



Figs. 27, 28. — Burrowing Owl {Speoivlo citiiiciilaria). Showing marked 

 variation in form and size. From same set as Fig. 20 of 

 this plate. All these Burrowing Owls' eggs are in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Edward J. Court. 



Plate XL. 

 Figs. 29-31. — Set of three eggs of Least Tern {Sterna antillarum), 



exhibiting unusual markings. The opposite sides of these 



eggs are shown in Plate XLL, figs. 39-41, where they are 



arranged in the same sequence. They were collected by Mr. 



E. J. Court on the 6th of June, 1914, at Deep Point, St. 



George's Island, Maryland. (No nest.) One of a colony of 



75 pairs, all breeding. 

 Fig. T,2. — Boat-tailed Grackle (Megaquiscalus -major major^. Collected 



by Oscar E. Baynard at Orange Lake, Florida, 9th May, 



1909. (Eggs, four). Set mark, 18/4. 

 Fig. Ti^. — Regent Bower-Bird (Sericulus melinus). (Eggs in set, two.) 



Collected by H. R. Elvery (for the H.' L.' White Collection) 



on Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia, 7th Jan., 



IQCK). Edward J. Court collection. 

 Fig. 34. — Boat-tailed Grackle {Megaquiscalus major major). See 



Fig. ^S- — Omitted. 



