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way with bold blotches of different 

 shades of brown. 



283a One set of the Ruddy Turn 

 stone from Franklin Bay laid in June 

 1902. Eggs decidedly darker than the 

 European Turnstone. Greenish back- 

 ground almost obscured by dark 

 specks and spots of brown. 



284 Black Turnstone. A very rare 

 set taken by Capt. William Morse on 

 Chichagos Island, Alaska, June 27, 

 1885. These eggs were laid in the 

 bare sand. Background light drab and 

 rather thinly marked with chestnut 

 brown . 



286 American Oystercatcher. I 

 have three sets taken by Mr. G. R. 

 Rossignol, Jr., on the Georgia coast. 

 They show little variation. Back- 

 ground almost white, sparsely marked 

 with dark brown and lilac. 



286.1 Frazar's Oystercatcher. One 

 set of one from lower California. Back- 

 ground yellowish brown and spots of 

 very dark brown. Eggs similar to 

 those of the European Oystercatcher. 



287 y 2 Black Oystercatcher taken 

 June 7, 1892, in the Straits of Fuca 

 British Columbia. These eggs have a 

 general resemblance to those of the 

 American Oystercatcher taken in Geor- 

 gia. 



Cowbird Notes. 



1. May 14, 1914 — Towhee nest with 

 one egg and eight Cowbird eggs. 



2. May 15, 1914— Phoebe nest witl] 

 three eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



3. May 16, 1914 — Meadowlark nes4 

 with five eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



4. May 30, 1914— Wood Thrush wit 1 

 four eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



5. May 30, 1914— Wood Thrush nes 

 with four eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



6. May 30, 1914— Song Sparrow 

 nest with five eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



7. June 1, 1914 — Catbird nest with 

 two eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



8. June 4, 1914— Yellow Warbler 



nest with three eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



9. June 6, 1914 — Bobolink nest, five 

 eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



10. June 17, 1914— Wood Thrush 

 nest, four eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



11. June 17, 1914 — Red-eye Vireo 

 nest with two Cowbird eggs. 



12. July 19, 1914— Red-eye Vireo 

 nest with one egg and two Cowbird 

 eggs. 



13. May 2, 1915— Phoebe nest with 

 three eggs and two Cowbird eggs. 



14. May 2, 1915— Tufted Titmouse 

 nest with seven eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



15. May 2, 1915— Tufted Titmouse 

 nest with three eggs and two Cowbird 

 eggs. 



16. May 7, 1915— Brown Thrasher 

 nest with three eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



17. May 8, 1915— Carolina Chicka- 

 dee nest with four eggs and one Cow- 

 bird egg. 



18. May 16, 1915— Cardinal n-st 

 with two eggs and two Cowbird eggs. 



19. May 22, 1915— Rose-bveasted 

 Grosbeak nest with two eggs and two 

 Cowbird eggs. 



20. May 23, 1915— Field Sparrow 

 nest with three eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



21. June 9, 1915— Indigo Bunting' 

 nest with one egg and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



22. June 13, 1915— Yellow Warbler 

 nest with four eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



23. June 13, 1915— Yellow Warbler 

 nest with three eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



24. June 16, 1915— Redstart nest 

 with two eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



25. June 17, 1915— Wood Thrush 

 nest with three eggs and one Cowbird 

 egg. 



26. June 17, 1915 — Redstart nest 

 with one Cowbird egg. 



27. June 17, 1915— Yellow Warbler 

 lest with one Cowbird egg. 



28. June 21, 1915— Redstart nest 

 vith three eggs and one Cowbird egg. 



Walter A. Goelitz, 

 Ravina, 111. 



