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facing the intruder witla the bill point- 

 ing upward at an angle of 45 degrees. 

 I once nearly run on to one with the 

 mowing machine as it stood in the 

 grass trusting that it would not be 

 seen, in fact I had to chase it out of 

 the grass to save its life, as it would 

 run and hide rather than fly away. 



Curious Eggs. 



70 1-1 Common Tern. June 14, 1903. 

 Walter C. Reed. Lake Erie, Mich. 

 Runt egg. On this island were 1163 

 sets and 2462 eggs. This was the only 

 runt. Size 1.10 x .85. Ground color, 

 clay-color, thinly spotted with light 

 golden-brown. There were some once 

 again as large as usual, some soft 

 shelled and eggs without markings. 



77 1-1 Black Tern. June 8, 1902. 

 Walter C. Wood. St. Clair Flats, Mich. 

 Dark greenish ground color with a 

 few large blackish-brown spots. Size 

 1.41 X .89. 



77 1-3 Black Tern. June 3, 1894. 

 Walter C. Wood. Grassy Island, De- 

 troit River, Mich. One egg greenish, 

 thickly spotted and blotched with 

 blackish-brown, thickest around the 

 larger end, 1.38 x .96. One egg green- 

 ish-clay color thinly spotted with 

 brownish-lilac, 1.41 x 1.01 and one 

 clay-color, thickly blotched with 

 blackish-brown, forming a wreath 

 around the larger end, remaining sur- 

 face thinly spotted with small dots of 

 the same color. 1.37 x .98. 



339 1-4. Red-shouldered Hawk. May 

 5, 1901. Walter C. Wood. Wayne 

 Co., Mich. Nest, 35 feet up beach 

 tree. Flushed old bird. Saved this 

 set because the eggs were the largest 

 I ever found. Size 2.34 x 1.82, 2.37 x 

 1.84, 2.37 X 1.85, 2.29 x 1.77. 



420 1-2 Nighthawk. June 27, 1891. 

 C. B. Johnspn. 



420b 1-2 Florida Nighthawk. May 

 17, 1911. R. D. Hoyt. Pomella Co., 

 Florida. Eggs dark grayish-white, one 



thickly mottled with light-brown and 

 pinkish-purple and one mottled with 

 light brown and pinkish purple and 

 large light brown to blackish spots 

 covering about one-half of the ground 

 color. Size 1.21 x .83, 1.20 x .85. 



501b 1-4 Western Meadowlark. May 

 5, 1892. W. A. Strong, Tulare, Cal. 

 Nets on the ground lined with fine 

 grass. This set was on exhibition at 

 the World's Fair. Size of egg, 1.10 x 

 .80, 1.05 X .80, 1.03 X .78, .98 x .75. 



474b 1-4. Prairie Horned Lark. May 

 12, 1916. Stuart Lyle Chapin. Verona, 

 N. Y. Nest situated on the ground, in 

 furrow in plowed field, composed of 

 grass. Size of eggs 1.00 x .66, 1.03 x 

 .66, 1.09 X .69, 1.04 x .67. 



494 1-5. Bobolink. June 22, 1898. 

 Walter C. Wood. Wayne Co., Mich. 

 One was pure white, a gradual blend- 

 ing from this white egg to the 5th egg 

 which was highly marked, making it 

 one of the queerest sets I ever found. 

 There was not much of a nest, only a 

 few straws drawn together in a slight 

 depression of the ground constituted 

 it. 



501b 1-4. Western Meadowlark. May 

 5, 1892. W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. 

 Nest on the ground, lined with fine 

 grass. This set was on exhibition at 

 the World's Fair. Size of eggs, 1.10 

 X .80, 1.05 X .80, 1.03 x .78, .98 x .75. 



501b 1-4 Western Meadowlark. May 

 30, 1897. W. A. Strong. Pleasanton, 

 Col. These eggs were pure white. 



501b 1-4 Western Meadowlark. June 

 4, 1898. W. A. Strong. Pleasanton, 

 Cal. This set contained one California 

 Quail egg. 



519 1-5 House Finch. April 15, 1895. 

 W. A. Strong. Tulare, Cal. This set 

 contained one runt. Size of eggs .79 x 

 .58, .75 X .60, .74 x .59, .73 x .60, .52 x 

 .45. 



1-3 English Sparrow. May 11, 1915. 

 J. Claire Wood. Detroit, Mich. This 

 set contained one extra long egg. Size 



