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Empidonax traillii, Baird. 



Smithsonian No. 4036. East Bethel, Yt. C. Paine. .74 x .52 ; .74 x 

 .52; .70 X. 53 5 .73 x .52. 



Smithsonian No. 7330. Fort Eesolution. Lockhart. .80 x .57 , .75 

 X .55 5 .73 X .55 ; .72 x .55. 



Smithsonian Ko. 8859. The same. .80 x .55 ; .80 x .55. 



Smithsonian No. 4052. Three Eivers, Canada. Eeikoff. .79 x .57. 



Smithsonian No. 4395. Great Slave Lake. Lockhart. .79 x .57 ; 

 .74 X .55. 



Smithsonian No. 1229. Williamstown, Mass. Hopkins. .70 x .53; 

 .70X.55; .72X.54. 



Smithsonian No. 1819. Winnebago, 111. .70 x ;55 ; .68 x .55. This set 

 is an almost unspotted white. 



T. M. B. No. 412. Gorham, N. H. T. M. B. .73 x .49. 



T. M. B. No. 413. E. Bethel, Vt. Paine. .76 x .50; .72 x .49. 



T. M. B. No. 438. Coventry, Vt. Knight. .70 x .52. 



T. M. B. No. 1978. Catskill Mountains, N. Y. Dr. James C. Merrill. 

 .72 X .53; .70 x .52. One of these is very nearly an unspotted white. 



T. M. B. No. 1006. Coventry, Yt. .75 x .57. 



T. M. B. No. 2632. Milan, N. H. Welch. .79 x .60; .79 x .60. 



T. M. B. No. 3054. Eandolph, Yt. Prince. .75 x .58; .72 x .55; .73 

 X .57. 



Empidonax flaviventris, Baird. 



Smithsonian No. 13219. Halifax, N. S. Downes. Eeceived with 

 parent. .74 x .53. Of a uniform dead chalky white. The other eggs 

 of this set measured .73 x .55 and .75 x .54. 



Smithsonian No. 13440. St. Stephen, N. B. Geo. A. Boardman. 

 Parent secured and identification perfect. The nest is small ; had been 

 built in a low bush; its breadth internally is 1.90 inches, depth 1.25; 

 external diameter 3 inches, depth 1.75. It is constructed of tlax-like 

 fibres, fine shreds of the inner bark of deciduous trees, a few fine 

 grasses mingled with feathers, and lined with horse-hair, downy feathers, 

 and fine grasses. The eggs measure .75 x .54; .75 x .53; .76 x .55. 

 Then- original number was four. They have a ground-color of a pure 

 white, with blotch-like spots on the larger end, of purplish drab and 

 umber-brown, mixed with scattered black»markings, but without a tinge 

 of red, and are unlike any other eggs of this genus that I have ever 

 seen. 



T. M. B. No. 416. Centre Harbor, N. H. T. M. B. .70 x .56; .74 x 

 .58 ; .67 X .55. One of these unspotted; two of them marked with small 

 spots of purple drab. 



T. M. B. No. 418. Halifax, N. S. Downes. .69 x .55. This egg and 

 the two others in this set were of a nearly j)ure chalky white, with a 

 few faint spots, so slight as, at first, to be overlooked. The parent se- 

 cured and sent with the eggs. I exclude from this list the set secured 

 by me in Grand Menan, referred to below, as, although the identifica- 



