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Bailey on a Collection of Egg.^ from Georgia. [Jumiarj^ 



cotton excepting a small place for the eggs. Four eggs of a set taken 

 April lo measure .6oX. 47 ; .54X.44; .57X.45; .55X.46.* 



8. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. — Nests in hollow 

 trees, holes in banks, or in outbuildings. A set of five eggs taken 

 April 13. 



9. Telmatodytes palustris. Long-billed Mar^h Wren. — Nests 

 in high salt-marsh grass. A set of five eggs taken Maj 5. 



10. Cistothorus stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wren. — Nests in 

 high grass. A set of these eggs taken May 18. 



11. Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. — A nest, taken 

 May 10, was three feet from the ground in a hollow stump of a sweet gum, 

 in Altamaha swamp ; eggs four. 



12. Helminthophila bachmani. Bachman's Warbler. — Nests 

 in low trees ; eggs four. One of a set of four taken April 30 measures 

 .74X.60. It is unlike any other ^^^ that I am acquainted with. The 

 ground-color is dull white ; around the large end is a wreath of dark 

 brown covering nearly one-third of the egg; while a few obscure spots 

 of lilac are scattered over the rest of its surface. It has no resemblance 

 to any Warbler's &%^,, and especially none to any of this genus. 



13. Helminthophila pinus. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. — 

 Nests in low bushes in the pine barrens; eggs four. A set taken April 

 29. 



14. Parula americana. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. ^ Nests 

 concealed in festoons of moss on trees; eggs four. A set taken April 23. 



15. DendrcEca dominica. Yellow-throated Warbler. — Nests 

 constructed with great care in pensile moss; eggs five. Those of a set 

 taken April 24 measure respectively .75 X .51; .70 X .52; .73 X .53; 

 •76X.53; -73 X .52. Their ground color is gray, over which are fine 

 dots of light brown, and a few spots and blotches of dark brown and pur- 

 ple near the larger end. 



16. Dendroeca pinus. Pine-creeping Warbler. — Nests on the 

 horizontal branch of a pine tree, near the top ; eggs four. A set taken 

 April 14. 



17. Oporornis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — Nests on ground, 

 in swampy places. A set of five taken May 12. 



18. Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. — Nests in low bushes, 

 in moist places ; eggs four. A set taken May 18. 



19. Myiodioctes mitratus. Hooded Warbler. — Nests in thick 

 cane brakes, in swamps. A set of three eggs taken May 12. 



20. Vireosylvia olivacea. Red-eyed Vireo. — Nest pensile in a 

 forked branch of a low tree ; eggs three, rarely four. A set found May 4. 



21. Lanivireo flavifrohs. Yellow-throated Vireo. — Nests pen- 

 sile in trees; eggs three or four. Ma^- 14. 



22. Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — Nests pensile in 

 low bushes. A set of four eggs found April 21 



23. Lanius ludovicianus. Loggerhead Shrike. — ^ Nests in bushes 

 or trees. A set of six eggs taken March 23 ; they lay even earlier. 



* Measurements of eggs are given in hundredths of an inch. 



