EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
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263. Meadow Lark—sTuRNELLA MAGNA. White, more or less thickly 
spotted or dotted with reddish-brown; five or six; 1.10 by .80. Nests on 
the ground. E. N. A. 
264. Western Meadow Lark—sTURNELLA NEGLECTA. White, sparingly 
spotted and dotted with markings of reddish and purplish-brown. The 
dottings are finer than in the eggs of the eastern species; five or six; 1.10 
by .82. (See notes.) “Ws oN Ae 
266. Audubon's Oriole —ICTERUS AUDUBONI. Dull-white, scattered 
over with faint markings of purple and dots and irregular zigzag lines of 
dark brown and darker purple, sometimes almost black; four; .89 by .70. 
Nests in trees. Valley of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas. 
268. Scott's Oriole—ICTERUS PARISORUM. LDull-white, bluish tint, vari- 
ously marked with small blotches and fine dottings of purplish-brown, ap- 
proaching black; four; .go by .65. Nests in small cactus trees. 
Valley of the Rio Grande. 
269. Hooded Oriole—IcTrERUS CUCULLATUS. White, marbled, blotched 
and dotted with large dashes and irregular zigzag lines of purple, brown 
and black, chiefly at the larger end; five; .94 by .64. Nests. generally in 
sycamores and live oaks. (See notes. ) Valley of the Lower Rio Grande—Lower Cal. 
270. Orchard Orioie—icreRus spuRius. Pale bluish-ground, marked 
with dots and zigzag lines of light and dark brown, running into black; 
four; .85 by .55, v7. Nests in trees, especially along the banks of Sean 
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271. Baltimore Oriole —IcTERUS GaALBULA. White, with a slight 
roseate tinge when fresh, fading into a bluish tint when blown, marked 
with blotches, lines and scrawls, irregularly distributed over the surface, 
usually thickest about the larger end, forming a wreath; four to six; .92 
by .60. Nests in trees; the nest is pensile and nearly a cylindrical pouch 
suspended from the extremity of a branch. U. S. to Rocky Mountains. 
272. Bullock’s Oriole—IcTERUS BULLOCKI. Creamy-white with a blu- 
ish tinge, marbled with blotches and irregular lines of dark umber, deepen- 
ing almost into black, chiefly around the larger end; four to six; .85 
by .65. Nesting habits almost precisely the same as those of the Balti- 
more Oriole. High Central Plains to the Pacific. 
273. Rusty Blackbird—scoLECOPHAGUS FERRUGINEUS. Light green, 
very thickly covered with blotches and dottings of purplish and reddish- 
brown, without streaks and lines; four to six; 1.02 by .75. Nests in low 
trees and bushes in the vicinity of water, like the Red-and-buff shouldered 
Blackbird. ESM AG 
