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LIFE HISTORIC OK NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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" UtS Mr W M Wolfe of Kearney, Nebraska, writes me: "Here, the male takes 



, m,,l .11 , Ike ,;, of the parents ceases soon 



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, of the country, these birds while not actuaHy 

 the localities where they raised their broods for others poss.bly 



H e-o-s of the Bob White vary from a round ovate to subpyriform in 

 8 hape, are dull white in color, slightly glossy, and often P^% f^ 

 buffy yellow by contact with the grass or soil on wmch they he. The shell 

 .noo'th and remarkably strong and thick for the size of the egg. 1 ^ ave^ 

 size is about 30 by 24. millimetres, the largest egg m the 1 

 Museum collection measuring 32.5 by 25, the smallest 26 by 22.5 unlhmetres. 

 The type specimen, No. 12786, PI. 1, Fig. 1, selected from a set of ten 

 eggs, was collected by Dr. William Wood at East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, 

 June 14, 1866. 



