B— GROUND-COLOR OF SHELL BLUE OR BLUISH, OR GREEN OR GREENISH— Continued. 



No 



20 



Size of Eggs 

 in Short- 

 diameter. 



.78 to .84 



.69 to .79 



.67 to .76 



.6.; to .73 



.63 to .68 



.61 to .70 



.60 to .65 



.57 to .67 



.56 to .6^: 



.53 to .65 



.5" to .58 



.52 to -GO 



.50 to .55 



.49 to .58 



Size of Eggs 

 ill Long- 



diaineier. 



1.05 to 1.22 



.87 to 1.00 



.96 to 1.08 



.86 to LOl 



to LOO 



.85 (o .93 



.85 to .95 



.80 to .91 



.72 to .86 



.72 to .84 



.69 to 



70 to .83 



.61 to 



.60 to .82 



Ground-color of 



Shell. 



Light to dark oUvo- 

 green ; sometime^ 

 dirty ocherish. 



Pale greenish-blue. 



Rluish-green: some 

 limes dull \"ellovvish 

 gi-ay. 



Light blue. 



Light bluish-green. 



Light bluish-green, 

 varying in purity and 

 shade in dilfercnl sets. 



Faintly tinted with 

 gfitvish-blue. 



Bluish-green or blue- 

 gray tinted ; some- 

 limes slate color. 



Very 

 ;reen. 



light bluish' 



Greenish-blue, 



Lightly tinted with 

 bluish -green, often 

 clouded, with brown. 



Fiiint dull blue, sorae- 

 tinTes decidedly blue: 

 occasionally iiearly 

 brown. 



Faint greenish-blue. 



Light bluish-green. 



How JIarked, Color of Jlarks, etc. 



Marked with small blolchos. spots, and 

 speckles of a darker shade of the ground-color, 

 or yellowish-brown. Deep shell-murks appear 

 purplish. Some eggs are speckled plentimlly 

 over the entire shell, the marks being con- 

 flnentaboutthebase. Usually theyare marked, 

 with 3 or 4 small blotches and 5 or 6 times as 

 many spots, interspersed with speckles; ma- 

 jority of marks on basal half. 



Marked with bold blotches, spot.i, and 

 speckles of brown-madder or reddish-brown. 

 Deep shell-marks are lilac. Some eggs are 

 mostly marked with blotches and spots; 

 others are speckled, especially at the base, 

 where, with an y pattern, Ihey incline to wreath. 



JCarkcd with spots and speckles of reddish- 

 brown, usually in small and diffuse pattern. 

 Some egg.s are'profusely marked; others have 

 fewer and sharper marks; some have con- 

 fluent marks atbaac. 



Marked with spot;*, speckles, and irregular 

 lines and blotches of dark brown or black, 

 which have a tendency to congregate about 

 the crown. Deep shell-marks have a muddy- 

 brown appearance. 



]Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 reddish-brown in various shades and combi- 

 nations. Usually there is a slight wreath about 

 the crown; marks often chiefly on basal half. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 yellowish-brown over whole shell: about the 

 crown there is generally a slight wreath of 

 confluent marks. The blotches and dots iiave 

 ragged outlines and less color at the edges than 

 in center. Deep shell-marks dull purplish. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles, 

 also occasionally short lines of sepia. Some 

 eggs are evenly and thickly marked; some are 

 maiked principally at the base; others are 

 evenly but sparingly blotched and dotted. 



Marked with well-defined spots, and often 

 speckles of sepia, nearly black; marked 

 sparingly but regularly over ihc whole shell, 

 sometimes forming a wreath about the crown. 

 Usually marlcings are in small groups. Deep 

 shell-marks nearly as numerous as surface 

 marks. 



Marked with a few blotches, spots, speckles, 

 and irregular lines of various shades ot brown. 

 Deep shell-marks purplish. 



Marked sparingly, with blotches, spots, and 

 speckles, and occasionally lines of very dark 

 brown, almost black, chiefly about the base. 

 Deep shell-marks gray or lilac. 



Jfarked with blotches, spots, speckles, and 

 rarely short lines of reddisli-brown, some- 

 times nearly burnt sienna. Deep shell-marks 

 bluish. Some eggs are so heavily marked as 

 to obscure the ground-color at the base: some 

 are thickly marked every-where; some have 

 a wreath about the crown. 



Qunntity of markings vary from a few 

 blotches and spots to such a' number as to 

 nearly obscure the ground-color. Some eggs 

 have a wreath around the crown made of 

 either confluent or separate blotches, etc.; 

 others are uniformly and closely speckled. 

 Between these extremes various combinations 

 are common. Markings are reddish-brown. 



Marked with blotches, dots, and tine speckles 

 of light reddish- or yellowish-brown over en- 

 tire ego:, but most plentifully about the base, 

 often forming a wreath. Deep shell-marks 

 purplish. Some eggs speckled only. 



Marked chiefly about the basal half with 

 blotches, spots, and sometimes lines of various 

 shades of brown, sometimes almost black. 

 Deep shell-marks are purplish. 



No in 



a Set. 



4 to 6 



4 to 5 



3 to 5 



3 to 6 



3 to 5, 



usual 1\ 



3 



3 to 5, 



usually 

 3 



4 to 6 



4 to 



3 to 5 



4 to 6 



4 or 5 



3 to G 



3 to 5 



to 5 



Location, Position, Materials, 



Size, etc., of Nest. 



Nest in trees in country and town, not 

 very far from ground; often in thorn 

 trees. Made of sticks, thorns, weeds, 

 mud, leaves, grass-fibres, paper, rags, 

 strings, feathers, etc.. lined with rootlels. 

 Diameter of cavity about 4 inches; depth 

 about 1% inches. 



Nest usn:il]y in a low tree or bush in 

 woods, or about the outskirts of timber. 

 Composed of reed-stem.'i. rootlets, straws, 

 bits of leaves, and pieces of twigs, lined 

 with rootlets, weed-fi))res. or horse-hair. 

 Diameter of cavity about o\i inches; 

 depth about I'i inches. 



Nest in a Tree or tall bu'^h in woods, 

 from 6 to 2U feet from r.hc ground ; often 

 in thorn trees. Coarsely built of stubble, 

 leaves, weed-fibres, twigs, etc . lined oc- 

 ctisioually with a few horse-hairs. Cav- 

 ity about 3 inches in diameter. 



U.sually nest in tall grass, reeds, or 

 rushes in or near a marsh; but may be in 

 a tree, even in woods, or on the ground 

 near damp land. Grasses, reeds, etc., 

 compose the structure. Lining of round 

 grass or split grass, or occasionally hairs. 

 Diameter of cavity about 3 inches. 



Nest in trees in or near woods, from 5 

 to 15 feet from ground; usually saddled 

 on a limb of several inches diameter. 

 Composed of weed-stems, trailing vines, 

 rootlets, etc. Diameter of cavity from 

 21-2 to 25^ inches; depth of cavitv from 

 )i to 13i inches. 



Nest iu woods, from 5 to 25 feet above 

 ground: generally at end of limb, sup- 

 ported by a number of twigs. Made of 

 dead grass, lined with grass. Diameter 

 of cavity from 2% to 2iJ^ inches; depth 

 from 1 to 1% inches. 



Nest in any kind of cavity or hole about 

 trees, buildings, etc. Composed of any 

 accessible material, lined with feathers. 



Nest in a medium sized tree, often or- 

 chard or shade tree, in town or country; 

 saddled on a limb or iu a perpendicular 

 croteli. Made of rootlets, weed-stems, 

 tendrils, fibres, grass, leaves, strings, 

 paper, rags, etc. ; lining contains thread- 

 like rootlets. Diameter of cavity varies 

 from 2X to3f^ inches; depth from iy^ to 

 2>^ inches. 



Nest in trees, either suspended from 

 extremity of limb or suspended between 

 several upright stems; in orchards or 

 trees in fields, etc. Made of fresh blades 

 of blue-grass, fibres, and strips of bark, 

 generally lined with feathers, wool, 

 plant-down. Cavity measures 2I4 inches 

 in diameter by 2% inches in depth. 



Nest usually in evergreens in lawns in 

 couittry and town; also in fruit trees, etc. 

 Composed chiefly of rootlets. Diameter 

 of cavity about 2 inches; depth about 1 

 inch. 



Nest generally in swampy land, on the 

 ground at the foot of a bush, or in a tus- 

 sock of grass; occasionally iu alow bush. 

 Composed of grass, weed-stems, rootlets. 

 weed-fibres, etc., lined with grass. Di- 

 ameter of cavity from 2 to 2^^ inches. 



Nest on the ground, in stunted trees, 

 bushes, drift-piles, etc. Made of weed- 

 stems, roots, blades of grass, straws, bits 

 of dead leaves, etc.. lined with slender 

 blades of grass, split grasses, and long 

 horse-hair. Diameter of cavity from 2}-^ 

 to 23^ inches; depth from 1}^ to 2 inches. 



Nest on the ground or in a bush in 

 woods. Loosely built of weed-stalks, 

 split grasses, roller grass, and rootlets, 

 lined with black horse-hairs or split 

 grasses. Diameter of cavity from 1% to 

 2)4 inches; depth of cavity about IJ^ 

 inches. 



Nest in woods and open country, in 

 bushes, trees, vines, etc., in orchards, 

 gardens, and lawns in town and country; 

 from 1 to 30 feet above ground. Materials 

 vary with locality; usually made of weed- 

 fibres, rootlets, grass, etc, lined with 

 horse-hairs. Diameter of cavity about 

 IX inches. 



English and Latin 

 Name of Bird. 



Blue Jay. 

 Cyanoci'tta crista ta. 



Mockingbird. 



Mimus polyglottus 



Rose-brea'^ted Grosbeak. 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana. 



Red- and-buff-shoul 



dered Blackbird. 

 Agelajus pliceuicens. 



Scarlet Tnnjiger. 

 Pyranga rul>ra. 



Summer Redbird. 

 Pyranga cestiva. 



English Sparrow. 

 Passer ilomcsticus. 



Cedar Waxwing. 

 Ampelis ccdrorura. 



Orchard Oriole. 

 Icterus purius. 



Purple Finch. 



Carpodaciis purpureus. 



Swamp Sparrow. 

 Melospiza palustris. 



Song Sparrow. 

 Melospiza fasciata 



Field Sparrow, 

 Spizella pusilh 



Chipping Sparrow. 

 Spizeila domestica. 



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