O— GROUND-COLOR OF SHELL NEITHER WHITE OR WHITISH, NOR BLUE OR 



BLUISH, OR GREEN OR GREENISH. 



No 



10 



12 



Size of Eggs 

 in Short- 

 diameter. 



1.80 to 2.00 



1.70 to 1.94 



1.48 tn 1.55 



1.25 to 1.3S 



1.22 to 1.32 



1.20 to 1.30 



1.18 to 1.25 



1.12 to 1.26 



1.10 to 1.20 



1.05 to 1.23 



IS to 1.07 



.90 to 1.00 



.85 to .98 



.84 to .94 



.83 to .93 



.SO to .90 



Size of Eggs 

 in Long- 

 diameter. 



2.56 to 3.03 



2.30 to 2.80 



1.90 to 2.00 



1.75 to l.'JO 



1.70 to 1.95 



1.65 to 1.75 



1.58 to 1.63 



1.55 to 1.S4 



1.44 to 1.65 



1.30 to 1.85 



1.40 to 1.48 



1.30 to 1.40 



1.25 to 1.35 



1.13 to 1.30 



1.15 to 1.30 



1.15 to 1.30 



Ground-color of 

 Shell. 



How Marked, Color of Marks, etc. 



C r e n ni y or 1 

 i-reenish-arav. 



Light, soiled buff. 



h t Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 various shades of cliocolate-brown distributed 

 over whole egg, but mo.st plentifully at the 

 base; not often much confluent. Deep shell- 

 marks purplish- 

 Marked over entire shell with spots and 

 speckles, rarely blotches, of a deep shade of 

 the ground-color or yellowish-brown ; most nu- 

 merous about the base. Nearly every egg has 

 at least one group of spots larger and darker 

 than the rest. 



Brownish . some 

 times dirty white. 



Light drab or yellow 

 ish-brown. 



Grayish or pale 

 brownish -buff. 



Light clay color, 

 brownish or yellow- 

 ish-olive. 



Reddish, flesla-tint, 

 faint yellowish or 

 grayish. 



Pale brownish buff. 



Brown, varying from 

 a light shade or Van- 

 dyke to bistre ; also 

 yellowisli-brown. 



Burnt sienna usu- 

 ally; may be almost 

 wh'ite, yellowish or 

 reddish-brown. 



Smoky buff". 



Clay-colored ordrab. 



Light yellowish' 

 b rown or co (fee 

 brown; also olive 

 green. 



Light shade of yel 

 lowish brown or stone 

 color. 



Light yellow-brown. 



Buff. 



Marked with clouds, blotches, spots, and 

 speckles of reddish-brown or yellowish-brown, 

 of various shades. Some eggs are sparingly 

 and regularly marked; others are so heavily 

 marked at one end as to conceal the ground- 

 color; others are marked chiefly with deep 

 shell-marks, which appear lavender. 



iSfarked with blotches, spots, and speckles 

 of dark Vandyke-brown. Some eggs contain 

 a number of bold blotches; others are entirely 

 speckled. The shell is usually pretty uni- 

 formly covered; eggs more than ordinarily 

 pointed. Deep shell -marks not plentiful, 

 Payne's gray or neutral tint. 



Marked with dots and speckles of sepia, dis- 

 tributed uniformly and plentifully; rarely 

 confluent. Few marks are larger than a pin's 

 head. 



Some eggs are almost unmarked ; others are 

 uniformly speckled more or less plentifully 

 with brown. 



ifarked with blotches, spots, and speckles 

 of umber, inclining to brown-madder. Many 

 marks are beneath the surface and appear of 

 difl'erent tints, according to their depth ; marks 

 never very numerous. 



Marked plentifully with small blotches, 

 speckles, and dashes of rich chocolate-brown. 

 Markings larger and more numerous toward 

 the greater end. 



Marked not very plentifully with blotches, 

 spots, and speckles of a darker shade of 

 groinid-color; often confluent at the base, 

 where they are the most numerous. Deep 

 shell-marks purplish or neutral tint. Eggs 

 from last of February to May. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles 

 of reddish- or yellowish-brown. Blotches 

 often so large as to cover one-fifth the shell. 

 Generally the marks are few in number, but 

 they may be numerous, especially at the base, 

 where ground-color may be obscured. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 brown, at times almost black. Distributed 

 over entire shell; but marks are largest and 

 most numerous on the basal end. Usually 

 eggs coutain several blotches; occasionally 

 marked entirely with speckles. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 reddish-brown, not verv unlike the above 

 (Killdeer). 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 sepia, so heavy as to appear black. Some eggs 

 marked principally with large distinct blotches 

 and spots; some only with small spots and 

 speckles, confluent about the base ; others have 

 various combinations of these marks. Deep 

 shell-marks show bluish upon light ground- 

 colors. Markings often obscured by a coating 

 of mud. 



Marked plentifully over the entire shell with 

 blotches, spots, speckles, and short lines of 

 slate color or yeHowish-browu. 



Jlarked with reddish-brown blotches, spots, 

 and speckles, chiefly about the larger end. 

 Usually there are deep shell-marks, violet- 

 gray ill appearance. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 brown, varying in shade in difl'erent eggs 

 from light brown to almost black. Some eggs 

 are heavily spotted; some have a few large 

 blotches of color at the base; and some, the 

 usual pattern, have bold spots and speckles, 

 increasing in size and number from point to 

 base. Deep shell-marks bluish. 



No. in 



a Set. 



Location, Position, Materials, 



Size, etc., of Nest. 



10 to 20 



3 to 5 



Nest in hollow trees and stumps or 

 upon the ground in woods, often in un- 

 expected places in upland woods. No 

 materials are carried for the nest. When 

 on the ground, eggs laid on leaves, etc. 



Nest on the ground in woods with un- 

 derbrush, under top of fallen tree, beside 

 a log, among bushes, etc. A hollow is 

 scratched in the soft loam and covered 

 with dead leaves; on these the eggs are 

 laid. 



Nest in trees in damp woods and 

 wooded swamps. Composed of sticks, 

 weed-stems, grasses, etc. Built in March 

 or April, 



3 to 4 Nest in upland fields of grass, clover, 

 wheat, etc., usually near water, on the 

 ground. Composed of a little grass, 

 weed-stems, etc., carelessly puttogether. 



S to 10 Nest in marshes, etc., situated on the 

 ground among reeds, grass, etc.. or a foot 

 or so above the water among reeds. 

 Composed of dead reeds, grasses, etc. 

 Rather bulky; shallow. 



to 12 Nest in tall grass in open prairie land. 

 Composed of grass, weed-stems, etc. 



8 to 10 



6 to 10 



4 to 7 



6 to 10 



Nest in marshy places overgrown with 

 grass, flags, reeds, lilies, etc. Composed 

 of grass, reeds, flags, etc. 



Nest in marshes, etc., usually sup- 

 ported by the foot-stalks of a clump of 

 flags or grass. Floating nests sometimes 

 occur. Composed of dried reeds, weed- 

 stems, etc. About 8 inches in diameter 

 at base; 5 or 6 inches high; diameter at 

 top about 6 or 7 inches. 



Nest on the ground in woods. Eggs 

 laid upon a natni-a! arrangement of 

 leaves, or leaves may be carelessly ar- 

 ranged in a depression at the foot of a 

 bush, tree, etc. 



Nest in trees, in natural cavities, or in 

 deserted Woodpeckers' nests. Uusually, 

 the trees are old, dead, and semi-decayed, 

 and stand alone in fields. Eggs in April 

 or Mav. 



Nest usually near water, along shore, 

 or in recently plowed fields; also some- 

 times in a grass or pasture field; always 

 on the ground. Composed of a few 

 sticks, weed-stems, etc., carefully laid in 

 a little depression in the ground. Often 

 eggs on bare ground. 



Nest on the ground in open fields, or 

 near the border of a wooded pond, etc. 

 Said sometimes to lay in the nest of the 

 Wood Thrush, etc. Birds not uncom- 

 mon, but eggs never positively identified 

 in Ohio. 



Nest about large marshes; also along 

 rivers, often considerable distance from 

 shore; situated on a musk-rat house, an 

 island of reeds, etc. No materials are 

 carried for the nest. The eggs resting 

 on ground or decaying vegetation. 



No materials are carried for the nest. 

 Eggs laid on bare ground or rocks; also 

 on the flat roofs of city houses, etc. 



Nest in marshes and about wet 

 patches of ground ; either upon the 

 ground or upon some rubbish. Made 

 of grass, weed-stems, reeds, etc. 



Nest on the ground, always near water, 

 in open places. Composed of small 

 sticks, weed-stems, blades of grass, etc., 

 placed in alittle hollow. Often eggs are 

 laid on the bare ground. 



English and Latin 

 Name of Bird. 



Turkey Buzzard. 

 Cathaftes aura. 



Wild Turkey. 

 Meleagris gallopavo 

 americana. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



Buteo penusylvanicus. 



Bartram's Sandpiper. 

 Bartramia longicauda. 



American Coot. 

 Fulica americana. 



Prairie lien. 

 Cupidonia cupido. 



Red-breasted Rail. 

 Rallus elegans. 



Florida Gallinule, 

 Gallinula galeata. 



American Woodcock. 

 Philohela minor. 



Sparrow Hawk. 

 Tiununculus sparveriuB. 



Killdeer. 

 Oxyechus vociferus. 



Solitary Sandpiper. 

 Rhyacophilus solitarius. 



Black Tern. 



Hydroehelidon larifor- 

 mis surinamensis. 



Night Hawk. 

 Chordeiles popetue. 



Virginia Rail. 

 Rallus virginianus. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Tringoides macularius. 



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