24 EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
249, Lazuli Bunting—PASSERINA AMCENA. Light blue when fresh, 
on the least exposure fades into bluish-white, oval; five; .74 by .58. 
Nests in bushes. (See Notes.) High Central Plains to the Pacific. 
251. Painted Bunting; Nonpareil—passeRINa crris. Dull pearly-white, 
marked with dots and blotches of reddish-brown; four or five; .80 by HO) 
Nests in hedges and low branches of trees. (See Notes. ) 
South Atlantic and Gulf States. 
254. Black-throated Bunting—spizA AMERICANA. | Light blue, almost 
exactly like those of the Bluebird; four or five; .80 by .60. Nests on 
the ground, or in trees and bushes. Es) Uses 
256. Lark Bunting—caramospizA sicotor. Uniform light blue, 
rounded-oval; four or five; .go by .70._ Nests on the ground. 
High Central Plains to the Rocky Mountains. 
257. Bobolink—poricHonyx oryzivorus. Dull white, variousiy tinged 
with light drab, olive, reddish and grayish-brown, intermingled with lav- 
ender; five or six; .go by .70. Nests on the ground, usually well con- 
cealed. E. ON. gat 
258. Cowbird—MoLoTHRus ATER. White, more or less thickly spot- 
ted and dotted with ashy or reddish-brown, rounded-oval; .85 by .65,7. 
The Cowbird lays its eggs in the nests of other smaller birds, and usually 
deposits a single egg, but as many as five have been found in a nest. The 
exact number the female lays is not known. Us. & 
260. Yellow-headed Blackbird — XANTHOCEPHALUS ICTEROCEPHALUS. 
Pale greenish-white, profusely covered with blotches and small dottings of 
drab, purplish-brown and umber, oblong-oval; four to six; 1. by .70. 
Nests in tall grasses in marshes. W. N. A. 
261. Red-and-buff-shouldered Blackbird—aGrELausPpHa@NIcEus. Light 
blue, marbled, lined and blotched with markings of light and dark purple 
and black, almost entirely about the larger end, but vary consider am 
four to six; I. by .75. Nests in the low willows of swamps. 
‘Temperate N. A- 
261la. Red and-black-shouldered Blackbird—aGELa:US PHGENICEUS GUB.- 
ERNATOR. Light blue or bluish-white, marked around the larger end with 
waving lines of dark brown; four; 1. by 75. Nests in tussocks of grass 
in marshes. Pacific Province of U.S, 
262. Red-and-white-shouldered Blackbird—aGELa:us rTRicotor. Light 
blue, marked around the larger end with a circle of ashy-brown, some- 
times black, irregular lines and blotches; four to six. Nests in bushes in 
the vicinity of water. Pacific Province, U. $ 
