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MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF GeOSptZd fuliginosa 



parvula. Continued. 



dom included in the nest material. There is no special lining. Some 

 nests have a somewhat finer material on the floor than elsewhere, but 

 the floor is generally more compactly and more solidly formed than 

 the other parts. Three of the nests from Tagus Cove contained eggs 

 two sets of four each and one set of three. The eggs of set No. i 

 have the usual pale greenish-white ground color of all the Geospiza 

 eggs, spotted and heavily blotched about the larger end with brownish, 

 vinaceous and rusty-brown, and sparingly spotted with brownish over 

 the rest of the surface. Measurements: 19.5 x 14.5; 19.5 X 14, 

 19.5 X 14.5 ; 19 X 14.5. Set No. 2 has the same ground color as the 

 first, but is finely and nearly uniformly spotted with vinaceous so 

 thickly as nearly to obscure the ground color; one of the specimens, 

 however, is spotted only about the large end. Measurements : 19 X 14 ; 

 19.5 X 14 ; 18 X 13.5 518x13.5. Set No. 3, of three eggs, is like the 

 firs tin coloration. Measurements of two specimens: 18.5 X 14.5; 

 18.5 X 14. These Geospiza eggs greatly resemble the eggs of Spizilla 

 pustlla but are much larger. Some light-colored eggs of Junco 

 hyemalis thurberi are very much like them in coloration. 



Several nests and two sets of three eggs were collected at Iguana 

 Cove in the latter part of December. The eggs are like those from 

 Tagus Cove in size and are similar in coloration. One set has a paler 

 ground color and is considerably more spotted with rusty-brown. The 

 nests do not differ from those taken at Tagus Cove. 



One set of three eggs was taken at Elizabeth Bay, Albemarle, in 

 February. The eggs of this set are somewhat larger and more ovoid 



