Burns—On Broap-wincen Hawk. 265 
Set NII. Easton, Ct., May 15, 02, col. H. W. Beers, chestnut, 
35 ft. White. 2.00x1.50, heavily blotched with burnt umber and 
walnut, forming a whorl about the base and practically covering 
the ground. 1.90x1.49, heavily marked with mars brown, ground 
invisible at base, which has a few scrawls of walnut overlying 
confluent mars brown. 1.91x1.47, so heavily clouded with shell 
markings of drab and fawn as to render the ground nowhere 
plainly visible and about the greater end completely obscured. An 
almost invisible stippling of pale walnut over entire surface. 
Quite unique. Ovate to elongate ovate. Desc. by F. L. B. 
Set NITI. Trumbull, Ct.. May 12, °03, col. H. W. Beers, chest- 
nut, 50 ft. Dead white. 2.02x1.58, very large blotches, some of 
them .50x.75 in diameter, of a desp rich walnut, almost liver 
brown, over the larger end and extending in lesser spots on one 
side only, to near apex. 2.00x1.55, comparatively immense shell 
markings of drab-gray, one being .50x1.25, chiefly back of greater 
diameter and spreading in smaller spots toward smaller end, which 
remains unspotted. These shell markings are partly overlaid with 
pale vandyke brown, with here and there a spatter of mars brown. 
A very striking and handsome set. The second not so richly col- 
ored as the first, is of the tvpe exemplified in Bendire’s fig 11, but 
much better colored. Ovate. Desc. by F. L. B. 
Set. XIV. Carver, Mass., May 25, ’07, col. A. C. Bent, white 
pine, 31 ft. Pale bluish-white. 2.03x1.51, heavily marked with 
Jarge irregular blotches, spots and dots of cinnamon rufous, brick 
red and burnt umber. the latter overlying the lighter colors. 1.92x 
1.51, heavily marked, principally about the small end with vinac- 
eous rufous and burnt sienna, the latter on top of the lighter 
spots. 1.89x1.49, more sparingly blotched and spotted, principally 
in a ring near the large end, with cinnamon rufous and burnt um- 
ber. Ovate to oval. 
Set XV. Hyde Park, Mana., June 12, ’07. col. C. P. Forge, wil- 
low bush, 10 ft. Ground color white to soiled white. 1.89x1.49, | 
almost completely obscured by. vast numbers of small irregularly 
shaped bluish-gray markings, darker at smaller end and showing 
a slight rusty tinge of color. 1.87x1.48, very thickly marked 
about the smaller end with very light rusty red in small blotches, 
almost running into each other and scattered over the large end. 
1.96x1.55. heavily marked over the larger end with a mass of light 
rusty. reddish markings, almost obscuring the ground color on that 
end. and scattered rather thickly over balance of the surface. 
1.82x1.40, rather thickly marked with vrey many irregularly shaped 
blotches of bluish-gray and lavender, a few bordering on a light 
tusty red in color. Dese. by R. M. Barnes. 
