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Collected by Isaac E. Hess, Philo, 111. Two normal and two runt 

 ?ggs; incubation commenced. Surface so tbickly covered witb 

 miuute specks of reddisb brown arid faint lavender as to almost 

 completely bide the wbite ground color. Elliptical ovate; .63x 

 .48, .62x.46, .56x.40 and .51X.39 inch. 



59. Auriparus flaviceps. verdin— (Plate II, No. 59). — 

 April 23, 1894. Collected by Frank B. Armstrong, near Browns- 

 ville, Texas, and secured from the E. A. Mcllhenny Collection. 

 Five fresh eggs; one being a tiny runt, and so far as I am aware 

 is the smallest runt on record. Pale nile blue, normally speckled, 

 chiefly on the larger end with vinaceous-cinnamon and helio- 

 trope. Ovate to Elliptical ovate; .62x.44, .62x.44, .62x.44, .60x.44 

 and .3TX..29 inch. 



60. Turdus ustulatus. Russet-backed Thrush. — June 

 10,1892. Collected by Fred. A. Schneider, College Park,Cal. Three 

 fresh eggs; two of which are runts. Light greenish-blue, mark- 

 ed over entire surface with cinnamon-rufous and vinaceous 

 blotches; .79X..63, .82x.63 and J9X..62 inch. 



III. — Abnormal Shape. 



61. Oyanocitta cristata. Blubjay— June 12, 1896. Collect- 

 ed by C. L. Haight, Sterling, Kan. Four fresh eggs; olive-buff, 

 normally speckled with olive, wood brown and lavender-gray. 

 Short ovate, approaching subpyriform', 1.19x.88, 1.20x.87, 1.15x.87 

 and 1.18x.88. 



62. Spizella pusilla. Field Spabrow. — May 11, 1894. 

 Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, Greene Co., Pa. Four fresh eggs; 

 pale bluish or greenish-white, marked thickly with dots and 

 specks of einnamon-rufous, vinaceous and lavender, chiefly on 

 the larger end of the tbree normal specimens, and on the small- 

 er end of the abnormal one which is ovate pyriform in shape ; 

 .73x.54, .69x.55, .69x.55 and .76^.54 inch. 



63. Clivicola riparia. Bank Swallow.— May 24, 1895. 

 Collected by J. "Warren Jacobs, Greene Co., Pa. Four fresh 

 eggs, one being abnormally cylindrical ovate with abrupt blunt 

 ends; .74x.52, .72x.52, .71X.52 and .72x.47 inch. 



64. Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat — May 20, 

 1894. Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, Greene Co., Pa Three 

 fresh eggs, one of which is abnormally shaped, being elongate 

 ovate; white, normally speckled with brick-red, heliotrope and 

 lavender; .83x.66, .86x.65 and .05^.63 inch. 



