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instead of clear white, as I stated iu a recient article {Bull. Nutt. 

 Oni. Chilj, Vol. I., p. 48), and average 1.00 by .81 inches. They 

 are nearly perfectly oval, and are thinly sprinkled with line 

 reddish-brown dots, wliicli become larger and more numerous at 

 one end. Minute shell markings in the form of dots are also 

 visible. Owing to the small diameter of the nest, the eggs were 

 in two layers." 



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