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from the O. W. Howard Collection. Six fresh eggs; all are of 

 uniform shape, — elliptical ovate,— but in size one is a decided 

 runt] 1.12x.84, 1.12x.82, 1.06x.86, 1.07x.85, 1.07x.83 and .89x:69 

 inches. 



35. Oolaptes cafer. Red-shafted Flicker.— June 29, 

 1888. Collected by Ralph Arnold, Pasadena, California. Six 

 fresh eggs; glossy white, five are slightly under average size 

 and one is a rant* In shape they exhibit considerable irregular- 

 ity and vary from ovate in the runt to elliptical ovate in the 

 largest specimen; 1.03x.80, 1.02x.80, 1.07x.79, 1.09x.78, l.OSx.79 

 and .89.^.64 inches. 



36. Sayornis phoebe. Phcebe. — May 11, 1897. Collected 

 by J. Warren Jacobs, Greene Co,, Pa. Five eggs, four ot which 

 were highly incubated normal eggs and one enormously large, 

 freshly laid and seemingly fertile specimen. Normal eggs un- 

 marked and short ovate in shape; abnormal specimen marked 

 on larger end with numerous small blotches and specks of cin- 

 namon; .80x.60, .79X.59, .Slx.60, .77x.58 and .89^.65 inch. An 

 egg of Cowbird (M. ater) belongs to this set. It was perfectly 

 fresh and fertile. 



This is a second laying for this bird this year, as I took nest 

 and four fresh eggs from the same rock on April 11. 



37. Cyanocitta cristata. Bluejay. — May 25, 1897. Col- 

 lected by Isaac E. Hess, Philo, 111. Four fresh eggs, normally 

 ovate, one extremely large. Olive-buff, marked with large 

 blotches and spots of raw umber, wood - brown and light 

 drab, distributed in the usual way, except on one where the 

 browns are clustered around the smaller end, and the almost in- 

 distinguishable drab on the larger; 1.05x.79, 1.07x.79, 1.09x.84 and 

 1.26s.. 89 inches. 



Speaking of the eggs of this species, Bendire in his "Life 

 Histories of N. A. Birds" says: "The largest specimen in a ser- 

 ies of 135 eggs in the U. S. National Museum measures 1.20x.85 

 inches." 



38. Corvus americanus. American Crow.— April 23, 

 1892. Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, near Waynesburg, Pa. 

 Four fresh eggs, three of which are slightly below normal size, 

 and one extremely large; the three are heavily clouded with olive- 

 green, hair brown and light drab-gray over a malachite green 

 ground, while the fourth is sparingly marked with same pig- 

 ments, chiefly on larger end and over a pale or faded nile blue 

 ground. 1.58x1.15, 1.64x1.14, 1.57x1.18 and 1.88x1.25 inches. 



39. Corvus americanus. American Crow.— April 24, 

 1897. Collected by W. J. Wirt, Gaines, N. Y. Six eggs, slightly 



