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Lined with fine grass, and over this is placed 

 a thick lining of soft white feathers, apparently 

 belonging to the domestic goose. The roots 

 and grasses are mostly dark, and the contrast 

 of the pure white feathers with the remainder 

 of the nest presents a beautiful effect. When 

 seen with the eggs in the nests nothing prettier 

 can be imagined. 



They were all found in spruce trees. One of 

 them was only a foot from the ground; another 

 was eighteen inches; a third was two feet up; 

 a fourth three and a half feet; two more were 

 eacli four feet high; five were five feet up; 

 two others were seven feet from the ground; 

 another was eight feet; and still another was 

 ten feet high. 



Set I. June 12, 1S77. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs. Grayish-white, speckled and 

 spotted, almost exclusively at the larger ends, 

 with olive-gray and bistre. The markings 

 form indistinct wreaths: .7ox.5."); ."Ox. 5"); 

 .Tox.").",; .71 X. .■(.5; .68X.54. 



Set II. June 12, 1885. Grand Mauan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, fresh. White, speckled and spotted 

 with burnt umber and olive-gray. The mark- 

 ings are much heavier near the larger ends: 

 .()8x.50; .()Ux..")2; .(5!)x..")l; .(iSx..")l; .()8x.4U. 



Set III. June 1'.), 1888. (hand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, incubation eommenced. Bluisli- 

 white, heavily spotted, almost entirely at the 

 larger ends, with olive-gray and l)urut umber: 

 .7-lx. ."):'.; .74x. ."):]; .72x.r):]; .7-5x.52; .7-tx.54. 



Set IV. June U», 1888. (Jrand Manan, N.B. 

 Three eggs, incubation commenced. Bluish- 

 white, spotted and speckled, chiefly at the 

 larger ends, in the form of indistinct wreaths, 

 with olive-gray, bistre and burnt umber: 

 .7:!x.54; .74x.."j4; .73x.5:^. 



Set V. June 18, 1885. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, fresh. Light creamy white, heavily 

 speckled and spotted with russet, burnt umber, 

 •Aud olive-gray. The markings are over all tiie 

 surface, but are heavier at the larger ends: 

 .71X.53; .70X.53; .7lx..54; .(59x.52; .68x.52. 



Set VI. June 18, 1887. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Four eggs, fresh. White, heavily spotted 

 chiefly near the larger ends, witli olive-gray 

 and burnt umber: .7ox.5:j; .7:>x.51; .7!ix.52; 

 .71 x.51. 



Set VII. -lune 18, 1887. (Jrand Manan, 

 N.B. Four eggs, incubation commenced. 

 Tliree of them have a pinkish-white ground 

 color, but the fourth is white. All of tiiem 

 are spotted and speckled witli russet, more 

 heavily near tiie larger ends. There are also 

 a few spots of lilac-gray: .7<)x.5:]; .75 x. 5;^; 

 .77 X.. 5:^; .70x.54. 



Set VIII. June 20, 1888. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Four eggs, fresh. White, heavily blotched 

 and spotted with drab. There are also a few 

 spots of bistre and olive-gray. The markings 

 are heavier near the larger ends, but the surface 

 of the eggs is more evenly covered with mark- 

 ings than in any other set in the series: .09 x .47 ; 

 .70X.48; .(U)x.4U; .()!)x .48. 



Set IX. June 18, 1889. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, incubation begun. Pinkish-white, 

 heavily spt)tted, chiefly at the larger ends, with 

 bay, hazel and drab-gray: .75x.54; .74x.54; 

 .71 X.54; .7;] x .54; .7-5 x .54. 



Set X. June 11), 188S. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, incubation advanced. Grayish- 

 white, spotted and blotched with russet and 

 olive-gray. There are also a few spots of 

 bistre on one of the eggs, and the markings 

 are lieavier near the larger ends: .75x.5;5; 

 . 77 X . 54 ; . 75 x . 55 ; . 75 x . 55 : . 75 x . 54. 



Set XI. June 18, 1887. Grand Manan, N.B. 

 Five eggs, incubation commenced. White, 

 spotted and blotched with russet and burnt 

 umber, and a few specks of olive-gray. Al- 

 thougi) theniirkings are well scattered over 

 all the surface of the eggs, they are heaviest 

 at the larger ends : .79 x .51) ; .78 x .5:3 ; .70 x .5:5 ; 

 .78X.53; .79x..54. 



Set XII. June 20, 1887. Grand Manan, 

 N.B. Five eggs, incubation commenced. 

 Grayish-white, speckled, spotted and blotched 

 with raw umber, russet, and a few specks of 

 olive-gray. Tiie blotches are nearly all at the 

 larger ends, but the other markings are scat- 

 tered all over the surface: .G9x.5l; .70x.51; 

 .71X.53; .71 X. 5;]; .(58x.5]. 



Set XIII. June 21, 1889. Grand Manan, 

 N.B. Four eggs, incubation commenced. 

 White, speckled and spotted with russet and 

 burnt umber, nearly all at the larger ends, 

 and with a few markings of olive-gray: 

 .()9x.5;]; .70X.54; .09 x.54; .71 x.54. 



Set XIV. June 1:!, 1887. Grand Manan, 

 N.B. Five eggs, incubation commenced. 

 Grayish-white, lieavily blotched, chiefly at the 

 larger ends, with drab and burnt umber. 

 There are also a few specks of olive-gray: 

 .7-5 x.54; .74 x.54; .75 x.54; .75 x.54; .75 x.54. 



Set XV. June 21, 1888. Grand Manan, 

 N.B. Four eggs, fresh. Greenish-white; 

 three of the eggs are j)rofusely speckled with 

 mouse-gray. At the larger ends the specks 

 (there are no spots) become confluent. Thi; 

 fourth egg is speckled all over (more tliickly 

 at the larger I'ud) witli taw iiy-olive: .74x.54; 

 .70X..54; .70X.52; .71 x.54. 



Set XVI. June 11, 1885. Grand Manan, 



