73© I'^ii:!.!) MrsKi'M oi' Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 

 PART 3. EGGS MORP: TIIAX 1.35 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 3 to 4. Size, about 1.48 x i.oS; ])ale ImlV, Itlutclu'il and 

 scrawled with dark brown. The shght but constant dilYerence in 

 color and size will distinguish the eggs of this species from those of the 

 Wilson's Snipe. • Oxyechiis vocijerns. 



Killdeer Plover. 



Eggs, 3 to 4. Size, about 1.55 x 1.15; olive gray or brownish ash, 



marked with chocolate brown. Gallinago dclicata. 



Wilson's Snipe. 



Eggs, 4. Size, about 1.55 x 1.16; bufTy or pale brown, spotted with 



rusty brown and pale purjilish gray. Philohela minor. 



Woodcock. 



SECTION 7. XEST OX SAXDY SHORES AXD BEACHES 



Eggs, 3 to 4. Size, about 1.25 x .94; ])ale buff or pale olive buff, 

 marked and scrawled with dark brown. Nest, eggs deposited in depres- 

 sion in sand on beach or near shore. .-Egialitis tneloda. 



Piping Plover. 



Eggs, 3 to 5. Size, about 1.25 x .92; creamy buff or cream-white, 



blotched with dark brown. Actitis macularia. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 



Eggs, 3 to 4. Size, about 1.48 x 1.08; pale buff, blotched and 



scrawled with dark brown. Oxyechus vociferus. 



Killdeer Plover. 



GROUP 5. EGGS SPECKLED ALL OVER. 



SECTION I. XEST LX BRAXCHES OF TREES OR 



BUSHES. 



Eggs, 4 to 5. Size, about .56 x .54 ; bluish white, dotted with brown. 



Polioptila ccsrulea. 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 

 Eggs, usually i or 2. Size, about .87 x .66. Eggs deposited in some 

 other bird's nest. Color, white or pale buff, speckled with brown. 



Alolothnis ater. 



Cowbird. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about 1.07 x .79; ground color, grayish or pale 



bluish Avhite, thickly speckled with cinnamon -brown or rufous brown. 



Toxostoma riifiim. 

 Brown Thrasher. 



