A —GROUND-COLOR OF SHELL WHITE OR WHITISH— Continued. 



No 



14 



20 



24 



Size of Eggs 

 in Short- 

 diameter. 



.59 to .66 



.59 to .66 



.59 to .G7 



Size of Eggs 

 in Long- 

 diameter, 



.58 to .62 



,58 to .59 



.57 to .60 



56 to .59 



.57 to .68 



,55 to .65 



.55 to .58 



53 to .57 



.52 to .66 



.52 to .63 



.52 to .61 



.50 to .70 



(2 to .95 



"8 to .90 



,76 to .^ 



Ground Color of 

 Shell. 



.69 to .79 



.67 to .T- 



.69 to .76 



.70 to .74 



,76 to .84 



White, 



White, but often ob- 

 scured by tlie abund- 

 ance of the markings. 



AVliite, with some- 

 times faintest creamy 

 tint. 



White. 



White. 



White. 



White. 



How Marked, Cohir of Marks, etc. 



No. in 



a Set. 



3 to 5 



1 to 3 

 to a 



]iest. 



to 4 



.70 to .90 



72 to .80 



to .74 



,75 to .95 



.70 to .80 



.68 to .78 



.SO to 1.05 



White, with faint 

 pinkish or grayish 

 tint. 



Dull white. 



Marked sparingly, and mostlv about the base, 

 witli blotches, spots, and speckles of very dark 

 brown. Deep shell-marks are grav aiid'some- 

 times nearly as plentiful as surface marks. 



Marked with spots and speckles, evenlv and 

 plentifully over entire shell, together with a 

 few blotches about the base. Speckles pre- 

 dominate on most eggs. Color of marks is 

 very uniform, being brown, inclined to yellow. 

 Deep .shell-marks have a bluish cast. 



Marked with dots, spots, speckles, and lines 

 of brown, so dark as to be nearly black. 

 Marks beneath the surface appear lavender. 

 The smaller end of shell is usually nearly 

 plain. Lines generally are circular o"r zigzag, 

 and often form a wreath at base. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 faint reddish-brown. Deep shell-marks blue- 

 gray. Some eggs have a wreath around the 

 crown, composed of confluent blotches and 

 spots. Often the marks consist of several 

 shades of the same color. 



Marked with spots and speckles of dull 

 brown, with faint submarkiugs of lavender, 

 plentifully and uniformly disiributed over 

 whole shell, or marked with bold blotches of 

 bright reddish-brown, confluent about the 

 base, and every- where interspersed with 

 smaller marks of snme color. Kggs blunt. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles nf i 

 reddish-brown, distributed over the whole I 

 shell, thickest about base, sometimes forming I 

 a wreath. Deep shell-marks purplish. Some '• 

 eggs are marked chiefly with large blotiihes; , 

 others are eniirely speckled; some have short ■ 

 lines also. , 



Mnrked with blotches, spots, and speckles of : 

 reddish-brown. Deep shell-marks appear lav- j 

 ender. or neutral tint, not verv heavily , 

 marked. Majority of blotches and spots at 

 the base. I 



Markings variable. Some eggs are blotched, I 

 spotted, and speckled with sepia, almost I 

 black, interspersed with coarse, irregular ' 

 lines. Some eggs have, in addition, f<iint ■ 

 riisly-brown blotches and spots ; some are 

 I marked with rusty brown onlv, thicklv sprin- , 

 kled over entire shell, so as nearly to ol.scure i 

 I the ground-color. " | 



I I 



j Marked with large blotches, spots, and j 4 to 5 



speckles, and occasionallv scrawls of warm, 



I rich brown, or brown nearly black. Deep ' 



' shell-marks gray or purplish," and often nu- ( 



I merous. Eggs usually profusely marked, 



sometimes ground-color nearlv obscured. 



Shell often looks as if stained. 



Location, Position, >raterials. 

 Size, etc., of Nest. 



Nest pensile and covered with lichens; 

 placed in trees in woods, orchards, lawns, 

 etc. Rather scarce. Only lichen-covered 

 pensile nest in Ohio. Diameter of cavity 

 about \Ji inches; depth of cavitv about 

 l^a inches. 



Eggs found in any of the smaller nests; 

 also occasionatiy in nests of birds the 

 size of a Robin. 



Nest usually in a poorly cultivated 

 grass field near woods; preferablv, re- 

 cently cleared land. Placed on the 

 ground in slight depression. Composed 

 of clover-stems, weed-stems, straw, etc., 

 lined with split grasses or long horse- 

 hair. Diameter of cavity I'-i inches; 

 depth \% inches. Nest said to be built 

 sometimes in a bush. 



4 to 5 I Nest on the ground, among the roots 

 of upturned trees, etc., in dense woods. 

 Composed ofleaves, grasses, weed-stems, 

 and similar coarse materials, jind lined 

 with fibrous roots. 



English and Latin 

 Name of Bird. 



3 to 



3 to 9 



4 to 5 



1 to 



White. 



White. 



White. 



White or faint creamy 

 white. 



White. 



Pure white, or faint- 

 ly tinted with blue or 

 pink. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 reddish-brown, with but few deep shell -marks; 

 usually marked over whole shell, but most 

 plentifully about the base. Some eggs are 

 only speckled. At times all marks are sub- 

 dued in tone, and the blotches have irregular 

 and indistinct outlines. 



Marked with spots and speckles, rarely 

 blotches, of brown-madder. On some eggs 

 the color is deep and the spots large and con- 

 fluent at the base; others are thicklv spotted 

 and sprinkled from point to base, but most 

 plentifully at the base, with light brown- 

 madder. Usually they are but sparingly 

 marked, with a tendency to form a wreath a't 

 the crown. Deep shell-marks not numerous. 



Marked with spots and speckles, chiefly 

 aboutthe base, with chocolate-brown, at times 

 almost black. Occasionally very faint wavy 

 lines in addition. Deep shell-marks yellow"- 

 ish-brown. From 40 to 100 marks to the egg. 



Marked about the base with a few reddish- 

 brown or chocolate spots and speckles; 

 usually plain. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 brown-madder, usually of light tint. Some 

 eggs are sprinkled all over; o'thers have bold 

 blotches in a wreath about the base, and are 

 speckled and spotted elsewhere. Deep shell- 

 marks, grayish. 



Jlarked with blotches, dots, speckles, and 

 irregular lines of dark brown or black, usu- 

 ally irregularly distributed over the surface; 

 sometimes the marks form a wreath around 

 the crown. Deep shell-marks are indistinct. 



3 to 5 



4 to 5 



4 to 9 



4 to 6 



4 to 6 



6 to 



Nest in natural or artificinl cavity in 

 old stump or tree in a bushv swamp.'etc. 

 Seldom higher than ]5 feet. Made of 

 muss, leaves, twigs, rootlets, etc., lined 

 with fine rootlets, feather.s, etc. 



Nest in town or country; often in a 

 brush-heap in woods, etc.; generally 

 about old buildings; situated iii any un- 

 frequented nook. Made of straw, grasses, 

 weed-stems, paper, moss, etc., lined with 

 grass, feathers, etc. Bits of snake skin 

 usually to be found in nest. 



Nest in clover and grass fields, on the 

 ground. Coniposed of grasses, weed- 

 stems, etc., aud lined with horse-hair 

 and fine bleached grasses. Diameter of 

 cavity about 'l}4 inches. 



Nest usually in a bare field, with here 

 and there little clumps of grass or weeds. 

 Always on the ground, in aslight cavity. 

 Composed of weed-stems, grasses, and 

 straws, etc.. entwined and matted to- 

 gether, lined with grasses, rootlets, and 

 horse-hair.-i. Average diameter of cavity 

 2% inches; depth about ^i inch. 



Nest on the ground in damp meadows, 

 etc. Composed of grass, clover-stalks, 

 etc., lined with grass. Diameter of cav- 

 ity about 3 inches. 



Nest in woods with undergrowth of 



bushes, etc, on the ground at foot of 

 bush or sapling, and in a tuft of grass or 

 weeds. Said sometimes to be in a bush. 

 Made of forest leaves rudely thrown to- 

 gether, lined with rootlets, hairs, etc. 

 Diameter of cavity from 2 to 2? 3 inches. 



Nest in town or country, in hollow 

 trees, crevices in the bark "of trees, etc. ; 

 also in deserted Woodpeckers' nests. 

 Composed of leaves, grasses, lichens, 

 moss, feathers, etc. 



Nest in trees and bushes, seldom higher 

 than 20 feet, usually much lower; gener- 

 ally in woods. Pensile. Composed of 

 inner bark of trees, blades of grass, weed- 

 fibres, silken threads, bits of wood, pieces 

 of hornets' nest, etc., lined with strips of 

 grape-vine bark, etc. Diameter of cavity 

 from 2 to 232 inches. 



Nest of mud, moss, etc., about bridges, 

 deserted cabins, eaves, etc.; often fas- 

 tened to the perpendicular side of a rock 

 or timber. 



I Nest in trees, generally in the woods; 



I may be in town. Birds excavate a hole 

 high up in a tree. Eggs on bare floor of 

 cavity, or a nest of hair, feathers, down 

 fur, grasses, etc., mav be built. Nest 

 occasionally in natural cavity. 



Nest pensile, usually near the end of a 

 branch. In woods, towns, anywhere 

 Made of fibres, strings, etc. Cavity varies 

 in depth from 2% to 6 inches; Internal 

 diameter at mouth from 1% toS^^' inches 



Yellow-throated vireo. 

 Lanivireo flavifrons. 



Cowbird. 

 Molothrus ater. 



Lark Pinch. 

 Chondestes grammica. 



Large-billed Water 



Thrush. 

 Siurus motacilla. 



Prothonotary Warbler. 

 Protonotaria" citrea. 



Carolina Wren. 

 Thryothorns 



ludovicianus. 



Yellow-winged Sparrow. 

 Coturuiculus 



passerinus. 



Grass Finch, 

 Pooecetes gram ineus. 



Bobolink. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



Kentucky Warbler. 

 Oporornis formosa. 



Tufted Titmouse. 

 Lophophaues bicolor. 



Red-eyed Vireo. 

 Vireosylvia olivacea. 



Pewit Flycatcher. 

 Savornis fuscus. 



White-bellied Nuthatch. 

 Sitta carolinensis. 



Baltimore Oriole. 

 Icterus galbula. 



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