OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. H 





 optcuns femur-rubnun, (Edipoda ticbulosa, and (1L. snl- 



p/nirea, of the latter. 



The eggs vary considerably in looks, shape, and markings. 

 In some instances, they are nearly spherieal, and in others, 

 oblong oval, with one extremity considerably smaller than 

 the other. The ground-color is a light buff, and is marked 

 with wavy lines, marblings, blotches, and dots of a rich am- 

 ber brown, which are equally distributed over the entire surface 

 in some specimens, while, in others, they are mostly con- 

 "resrated about the larger end. The wavy lines, in some 



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instances, intercross each other, and stretch from one pole 

 of the egg to the other. So beautifully and uniformly are 

 they arranged, that it seems as if they were laid on with the 

 delicate touch of an artist. An oblong oval egg from Eas- 

 tern Pennsylvania, measures i inch in length, and .75 in 

 width. A more nearly spherical one from the same locality. 

 measures .87 by .75 of an inch. 



Sayornis fuscus, Jtaird. 



The Pewee or Phcr.be Bird is quite a common denixen of 

 the eastern parts of the United States, ranging from the Rio 

 Grande in the southwest, to Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick on the northeast, and as far west as the Missouri River. 

 In Texas and the Indian Territory, Dr. Woodhouse found it 

 to be very abundant. In the Mexican Department of Vera 

 Crux, Dr. Sumichrast took specimens, but was unable to say 

 whether it was a common resident, or only a migrant. By 

 Dresser and Hermann it was observed to be migratory at 

 San Antonio in Texas, but in Houston of the same State. 

 it certainly breeds according to the first-named authority, as 

 individuals were met with in June. Lieut. Couch took spec- 

 imens at Brownsville, Texas, in February: and. on the op- 

 posite side of the Rio Grande, at Tamaulipas, Mexico. 

 shortly afterwards, in March. Dr. Cones discovered this 

 species to be most abundant in South Carolina, in the months 

 of February and March, and. subsequently, in October and 

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