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ance; 1.85x1.30,1.82x1.30, 1.72x1.30,1.72x1.29, 1.80x1.29 and .S5x 

 .74 inches. 



72. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. (Plate III, 

 No. 72).— May 29, 1896. Collected by J. N. Clark, near Old Say- 

 brook, Conn. Two addled eggs, both below average size, one 

 being a small spherical runt; 1.10x.85 and .GSx.64 inches. Bird 

 flushed from nest. Evidently a second laying, as two young 

 were seen near the spot a few days previous. 



73. Circus hudsonicus. Marsh Hawk.— May 30, 1896. 

 Jollented by Edwin S Bryant, Benson Co., N. Dak. Five high- 

 ly Incubated eggs, one of which is siibpyriform in shape and ex- 

 tremely long; 1.94x1.49, 1.79x1.43, 1.71x1.44, 1.86x1.43 and 1.79x1.46 

 inches. Color, normally faint greenish- white. 



74. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Wood- 

 PECKER.-May 15, 1896. Collected by W. J. Wirt, near Gaines, 

 N. Y. Six fresh eggs, one of which is a spherical runt. Oval to 

 elliptical ovate; .93x.77, .91x.75, .94x.75, .85x.70, .92x.76 and .70x 

 .62 inch. On a later date, Mr. Wirt took a second set from 

 these birds; all normal eggs. 



75. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Wood- 

 PECKER.-May 22, 1896. Collected by R. T. Anderson, near 

 Aylmer, Ont., Can. Four fresh eggs, three of which are narrow- 

 hj long, running in shape from elongate through cylindrical ovate 

 and fusiform; .96x.68, 1.07X.70, 1.06X.67 and 1.06X.70 inches. 



76. Colaptes auratus. Flicker.— April 24, 1895. Col- 

 lected by B. H. Sinclair, Ottawa, Kan., and secured from the E. 

 H. Short Collection. Seven fresh eggs; glossy white, elliptical 

 ovate and all above the average in size, one being very much 

 elongated; 1.16x.94, 1.15x.91, 1.15x.88,1.17x.91,1.21x.92, 1.19.x91and 

 1.41x93 inches. On the shell of the abnormal .specimen is a 

 number of dead-white granulations and a decided "hump" on one 

 side; a large circular patch on the larger end is dead-white and 

 indicates a thin spot in the shell. 



77. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee.— June 16, 1897. Col- 

 lected by J. Warren Jacobs, near Waynesburg, Pa. Three eggs 

 containing small embryos. In shape the eggs graduate from 

 normally ovate to short rounded ovate, appearing almost perfectly 

 round. Pale cream, marked with blotches and dots of rich claret 

 and chestnut brown, heliotrope and faint lavender, in form of 

 an irregular wreath around the larger end; .71x.56, .66x.56 and 

 .63x.56 inch. 



78. Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark 

 -March 27, 1887. Collectedly W. A. Williard, near Grinnell, 

 Iowa, and secured from the Lynds Jones Collection. Three fresh 



