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1897. Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, near Waynesburg, Pa. 

 Two eggs under average size, one being a runt. Nile blue, mark- 

 ed chiefly on larger end with specks and blotches of vinaceous- 

 rufous and lavender. In shape, the normal specimen is elliptical 

 ovate, while the runt is rounded ovate; .79S..64 and .82x.63 inch. 

 Beneath the nest from which I took this set were scattered the 

 fragments of another egg. 



87. Clivicola riparia. Bank Swallow.— May 24, 1896. 

 Collected by R T. Anderson, Aylmer, Ont., Can. Originally 

 four slightly incubated eggs— one accidently broken — of a short 

 rounded ovate shape and <dl beloiv normal size; lusterless white; 

 .r,.' f x. .',.;, .t;.[x..;.' and .G6s..r>2 inch. 



88. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. 

 — May 24, 1893. Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, near Waynes- 

 burg,Pa. Four fresh eggs; white, with creamy tint, marked with 

 pale lavender and pinkish vinaceous, former predominating. 

 On two they are minute dottings, chiefly on the larger end; on 

 the third, blotches are bolder;fourth is a peculiarly long cylindri- 

 ci i orate speci-nen, with markings numerous over entire shell, 

 thickest, however, in form of a wreath around smaller end; .66x 

 .52, .68X.51, .72x.55 and .80X..52 inch. 



89. Sylvania mitrata. Hooded Warbler.— June 4, 1894. 

 Collected by Thos. A. Smithwick, Merry Hill, Bertie Co., N. C. 

 Two eggs containing medium embryos; white, with fairt creamy 

 tint; one is a true ellipse in form, marked with reddish brown, 

 heliotrope purple and lavender, almost wholly in the form of a 

 beautiful wreath around one end; a very curious shaped egp is 

 the other one of this set, pyriform with an extension of the smaller 

 end, haring a sudden outward curve then terminating in a sharp 

 point. Its coloration is similar to its companion, the wreath be- 

 ing around the greater end; .70x.54 and .78X..53 inches. 



90. Setophaga ruticilla. American Redstart.— May 23, 

 1897. Collected by Clarence F. Stone, Potter Swamp, near 

 Branchport, N. Y. Four fresh eggs, exhibiting a spherical or 

 romidea appearance; one end, however, being slightly pointed; 

 white, with a creamy buff tint, heavily marked with lavender- 

 gray, chestnut and vinaceous-cinnamon, chiefly on the larger 

 end, where on two there is a tendency to cluster in band or 

 wreath; .';'yx..-> 7, ,59x.5l, .S8X.S0 and ..'c;x. f9 inch. 



V. — Abnormal size and Coloration. 

 91. Nycticorax nycticorax. Black- crowned Night 

 Heron.— May 31, 1896. Collected by Edwin S. Bryant, Sweet 



