1mi:i.i) Musici'M oi- Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



PART 2. EGGS MORE THAN 1.50 IX. L()X(;. 



Eggs, 4 to 7. Size, about 1.55 x 1.25. Eggs, i)ure white. Nest on 

 groviinl in lieUls and low prairies. Asia flammcus. 



Short-eared Owl. 



Eggs, 4 to 7. Size, about 1.75 x 1.40. Eggs, ])ure white. Nest 



usually about marshy places. Circus hudsonius. 



Marsh Hawk. 



Eggs, 6 to 12. Size, about 1.80x1.30. Eggs, creamy while, or 



buffy white, not pure white. Nest, near water. Qurnjitcdiila discors. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



SECTION 5. XEST IX HOLE TX BAXK. 



PART I. EGGS LESS THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 4 to 6. Size, about .70 x .48. In size the eggs of this and the 

 next species are hardly distinguishable, although the Rough-wing is 

 slightly the larger. Bird, under parts, white, with conspicuous band of 

 brown on breast. Riparia riparia. 



Bank Swallow. 



Eggs, 4 to 7. Size, about .72 x .51. Bird, under parts brownish 



gray, no band on breast. Stclgidopteryx scrripennis. 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



PART 2. EGGS MORE THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 5 to 8. Size, about 1.34 x 1.05. Nest, deep hole in bank near 

 water. Ceryle alcyon. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



SECTION 6. XEST IX SWAMPY PLACES, LX REEDS OR 

 GRASS, ON GROUND OR OX FLOATING VEGETATION. 



PART I. EGGS LESS THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 6 to 8. Size, about .66 x .47. Nest, on or near ground in 

 grass, made of grasses and globular in shape; entrance on the side. 



Cistothorus stellaris. 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



PART 2. EGGS BETWEEN i AND 1.50 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about 1.20 x .92; white, with faint bluish tinge. 

 Nest in reeds or sinall bush in swamp or pond. Ixobrychits cxilis. 



Least Bittern. 



