PLATE XCI. TYPES OF BIEDS' EGGS. 



1. Oven-Bird (ovate ; spotted and wreathed). 2. House Wren (ovate ; 

 minutely speckled). 3. Wood Pewee (ovate ; blotched and weathed). 

 4. Hummingbird (elliptical; white, unmarked). 5. Crested Fly- 

 catcher (elliptical-ovate ; streaked). 6. Sparrow Hawk (spherical ; 

 washed, spotted and blotched). 7. Cowbird (ovate; evenly speckled 

 and spotted). 8. Cedar Waxwing (elongate-ovate; spotted). 9. 

 Nighthawk (elliptical ; mottled and marbled). 10. Bobolink (ovate ; 

 spotted and blotched). 11. Semipalinated Sandpiper (pyriform ; 

 spotted). 12. Purple Grackle (ovate ; scrawled). 



