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firay. Near the larger ends the markings are 

 so near togetlier tliat they almost obscure the 

 ground color: .(5Sx.57; .(i8x.r)7; .(iTx.57; 

 .07x.r)8; .G7x.r)S: .69x.58. Tliis set also 

 contains a Cowbird's egg. 



Set XL June "), ISSS. Burlington, Iowa. 

 Nest in willow stump in water. Seven eggs, 

 fresh. Light creamy white, with less gloss 

 than usual for this species. Speckled and 

 spotted with cinnamon-rufous and olive-gray. 

 The spots are larger and closer together near 

 the greater ends: .64x..58: .6rix..52: .64x..56; 

 .(■).") x ..")(i; .(;;5x..')5; .(V2x.r)4; .67 x ..'j6. A Cow- 

 bird's egg was found witli this set. 



SetXIl. May 10, 1SS(). Colleton Co., S. C. 

 Nest made of cypress leaves, in natural hollow 

 of ash t)-ee, seven feet above tlie water, in a 

 cypress swamp. Four eggs, fresh. Glossy 

 white, speckled and spotted with olive-gray 

 and chestnut. Near the larger ends the spots 

 nre much heavier: .~()xJ)l: .70x..")8: .r)l)x..57; 

 .70X.57, 



Set XIIL .IunoL'6, b^SS. IJurlingtou, Iowa. 

 Nest in willow stump. Six eggs, fresh. Five 

 of them are glossy white, spotted with chest- 

 nut and olive-gray. The sixth has a creamy 

 ground color, with large spots of chestnut aiul 

 olive-gray, nearly all at the larger end, which 

 is almost covered by them: .71x.r)P); .70x.r)r); 

 .()Hx..')(); . 7:5 X. :")(>: .7lx..")S; .()!)x..")4. 



Set XIV. .June 10. 1888. Lacon, 111. Nest 

 of grass, etc., in an old wood])ecker's hole. 

 Five eggs, fresh, (ilossy white, spotted with 

 chestnut and olive-giay: .72x.59; .72x..o9; 

 . 72 X . .51) : . 7(5 X . .")8 : . 7;'. X . .")7 . 



Set XV. .lunc :'., 1888. Burlington, Iowa. 

 Nest in hole in old willow stnm)). standing in 

 water. Six eggs, incubation begun. Light 

 creamy white, with very little gloss, speckled 

 with chestnut and olive-gray. The markings 

 are a little heavier near the larger ends: 

 .()8x..")7; .(iSx.-'iC): .70x.r)7; .71x.r)S; .7ox.57; 

 .71 X .">7. This set contains a Cowbird's egg. 



Set XVI. May 1:5, 1885. Lewis Co., Mo. 

 Nest composed of grass, roots and moss, lined 

 with hair, placed in a decayed willow stump, 

 four feet above the water of a slough, three 

 hundred yards liom a river. Swampy land 

 thereabouts, and wooded chiefly with willows. 

 Five eggs, incubation one-third. Pinkish 

 wliite, glossy, and very thickly speckled all 

 over the surface with ciuuamon-rufons, and a 

 few specks of lilac-gray: .(iii x ..")(!: . 1)8 x. 5(5; 

 .f)8 X .o.*) ; .69 X J)') : AM) x .'A. 



Set XVII. May 29, 1887. Lacon, 111. Nest 

 of moss, etc., in boh' in a stumi). Six eggs, 

 fresh. Light creamy white, glossy, sjjotted 



with chestnut and olive-gray. Th(! markings 

 are heavier at the larger ends: .68x.58; 

 .70x.r)5; .60X..57; .64X..54; .78x..%; .71x..'i4. 



Set XVIII. June 10, 1888. Lacon, 111. 

 Nest of moss, etc., in a hole in old stump three 

 feet up. Six eggs, fresh. Light creamy 

 white, glossy, spotted and speckled with 

 chestnut and olive-gray; the markings being 

 heavier near the larger ends: ,74 x ..59; .70 x .58; 

 .69X.57; .70x.55; .71x.56; .69x..54. 



Set XIX. July 20, 1887. Lacon, 111. Nest 

 of moss in small knot hole in a live willow 

 tree. Five eggs, fresh. Light cieamy white, 

 glossy, heavily speckled and spotted with 

 russet and olive-gray. Near the larger ends 

 the markings are much heavier: .66x.60; 

 .68x.()0; .70x.60; .69 x..^.^; .65x..56. 



Set XX. May 28, 1889. Lacon, 111. Nest 

 of moss, featheis, etc., in hole in a dead 

 willow tree. Five eggs, fresh. White, with 

 little gloss, profusely speckled with chestnut 

 and olive-gray: .68x..")7: .71x..")6; .()4x..')4: 

 .6S X ..")7 ; .69 X .'>1. 



Set XXI. .lune 6, 1888. Marion Co., Mo. 

 Nest made of moss and hair, in natural cavity 

 of willow leaning over the water, and only six 

 inches from it. Five eggs, incubation one- 

 half. Light creamy wliite, glossy. Spotted, 

 moie heavily at the larger ends, with chestnut 

 and olive-gray: .()2x. .">(): .()7x.57: .6Sx.59; 

 .6.") X ."),"); .(■)8 x .".S. 



Set XXII. .lime ;i, 1888. IJurlington, Iowa. 

 Nest in hole of old willow stump, eight feet 

 above the water. Six eggs, incubation begun, 

 fh-eamy white, glossy and spotted, more heav- 

 ily at the larger ends with chestnut and olive- 

 gray: .74x.54: .()'.» x .")"); .()9x.54; .69x.55; 

 .69x.5."); .70x.r)6. A Cowbird's e^fg was 

 found with this set. 



Set XXIIL June 8, 1888. Burlington, 

 Iowa. Nest in hole in cottonwood tree, stand- 

 ing in the water. Six eggs, incubation begun. 

 White and very glossy, spotted with chestnut 

 and a few specks of olive-gray. The markings 

 are very heavy near the larger ends, where 

 they almost obscure the ground color: 

 .67 X. ")."): .66 x .;■).'); .()5x..')4; .68X..56; .(!9x.r)6; 

 .67x..")8. 



Set XXIV. June 8, 1888. Burlington, 

 Iowa. Nest in hole of dead tree. Six eggs, 

 fresh. Light creamy white, glossy, and 

 si)otted with olive-gray and idiestnut. Neai- 

 the larger ends the markings form indistinct 

 wreaths, but they are also present, to a les.^ 

 degree, on the remaining surface of the eggs: 

 .67 X .')4-, .67 X .58: .68 x .58; .68 x .59; .(i5 x .54; 

 .65 X .56. 



