iSSa-l Bailey on a Collection of Eggs from Georgia. ^Q 



24. Progne subis. Purplk Martin. — Nests in hollow trees, etc., 

 near houses; eggs five. Maj 18. 



25. Cotile riparia. Bank Swallow. — Nests excavated in river banks; 

 eggs five. April 20. 



26. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Nests 

 in banks; eggs four or five. April iS. 



27. Pyranga aestiva. Summer Redbird. — Nest looselj constructed 

 of twigs on the horizontal branch of a pine, not very high. A set of 

 four eggs taken May 8. 



28. Ammodromus maritimus. Seaside Finch. — Nests in low bushes, 

 or in the high marsh-grass near the sea; eggs four. May 3. 



29. Peucaea aestivalis. Bachman's Finch. — Nests built on the 

 ground, in pine woods, carefully concealed under a tuft of grass, small 

 palmetto, or low bush. The females are very close sitters; they always 

 lay four eggs and raise two broods. An egg taken from a nest June 11 

 measures .74X.62, and is pure white; there were also three young birds 

 just hatched. 



30. Pipilo erythropthalmus.* Towhee. — Nests in low bushes, sel- 

 dom on the ground; eggs four. May i. 



31. Cardinalis virginianus. Cardinal Grosbeak. — Nests loosely 

 constructed, in low trees or bushes. If discovered building they always 

 desert the nest; eggs four. Maj' i. 



32. Passerina ciris. Painted Bunting. — Nests in' trees or low 

 bushes, especially among briers ; eggs four. May 15. 



33. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — Eggs laid in nests of small birds; 

 one with a set of Red-eyed Vireo's eggs. 



34. Agelceus phoeniceus. Red-and-buff-shouldered Blackbird. 

 — Nests near fresh-water ponds, in bushes, and among high grass; eggs 

 three or four. May 18. 



35. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Nests pensile, in trees; 

 eggs five. Maj' 10 



36. Quiscalus major. Boat-tailed Grackle.— Nests in trees or in 

 the tall salt-marsh grass; eggs three, seldom four. They breed during 

 April and May. 



37. Quiscalus purpureus. Purple Grackle. — Nests in trees, sel- 

 dom in the salt marshes; eggs three or four. April 15- 



38. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow. — Nests in trees near the sea; 

 eggs four. April 20. 



39. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — Nests in trees ; eggs four. 

 May I. 



40. Tyrannus dominicensis. Gray Kingbird. — Nests on the 

 horizontal branches of oak trees, near the top, and loosely constructed of 

 twigs, "with little or no lining" ; eggs always three. Those of a set taken 

 June 8 measure respectively: 1.03X.75; 1.06X.75; 1.08X.75; they are 

 salmon-colored with blotches of reddish-brown on the large end. 



* [Probably this was really the white-eyed form P. etythropthahnvs rt//^»/.— Eds.] 



