28 EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
293. California Jay—APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA, Dark _ sea-green, 
marked with numerous pale brown blotches, chiefly at the larger end; 
three to five; 1.10 by .80. Nests in trees or bushes. (See Notes.) 
Pacific Province of U: S. 
297. Canada Jay—PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. Light gray, with a yel- 
lowish tinge, finely marked more abundantly at the larger end with dots 
and blotches of slate-color and brown, with faint cloudings of an obscure 
lilac’, four; 1.20 By. 320.4, Nestsimetrees: En (Ne ae 
297a. White-headed Jay—PpERISOREUS CANADENSIS CAPITALIS. Gray- 
ish-white, marked with dots and blotches of slate and brown. The mark- 
ings are larger, more confluent, and not so distinct as in the eggs of the 
Canada Jay’; ‘three: to tives’ asn2qby, SG. Nests in trees: 
Rocky Mountains—Colorado. 
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300. Shore Lark—EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS. Light drab, thickly and 
uniformly spotted with various shades of brown; four or five; .95 by .62. 
Nests on the ground. N. A. 
301.  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher—MILvULUS FoRFICATUS. White, marked 
with a few dark red spots and occasionally of an obscure purple, chiefly 
at the larger end; four; .84 by .60. Nests in trees. (See Notes.) 
Middle America and open portions of Texas. 
303. Gray Kingbird—tTvyRANNUS DOMINICENSIS. Creamy-white, marked 
with large blotches and spots of purple, reddish-brown and dark purplish- 
brown’; four; 1.02 by .71 ~ Nestsum frees. Florida. 
304. Kingbird; Bee Martin—ryrANNuUS CAROLINENSIS. .White, with 
a more or less roseate tinge, marked with blotches of purple, brown and 
reddish-brown; five and six; .95 by .70. Nests in trees. N. ae 
306. Western Kingbird—ryrRANNUS VERTICALIS. Same as those of 
the preceding species. Nesting habits similar. Western Province U.S, 
307. Cassin’s Kingbird—-ryRANNUS VOCIFERANS. White, with a fleshy 
tint, marked with large, scattered reddish-brown and umber blotches; 
‘four; 363 by .70-;,, Nests inutnees: Valley of Gila, Southern Cal 
312. Great-crested Flycatcher — MYIARCHUS CRINITUS. Remarkable 
for their coloration, having a ground of buffy-brown, streaked longitudi- 
nally by lines and markings of purple and darker brown; four to six; 1. 
by .75. Nests in the natural cavities of trees and boxes put up for the 
purpose. E. N. A, 
313. Ash-throated Flycatcher-—-MYIARCHUS CINERASCENS. Buffy-brown, 
with a pinkish hue, the markings are more oblong plashes of irregular 
