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

 OR BLnSH, OR GREEN OR GREENISH— Continued. 



No. 



/ 



20 



22 



25 



Size of EgEjs 

 in Short- 

 diameter. 



.80 to .SO 



.70 to .82 



.60 to .72 



.55 to .59 



.51 to .58 



.50 to .59 



.48 to .55 



.48 to .53 



Size of Eggs 

 in Long- 

 diameter. 



1.20 to 1.30 



.90 to 1.04 



.SO to .95 



70 to .90 



.70 to .79 



.66 to .74 



.65 to .79 



.62 to .72 



.60 to .70 



Ground-color of 

 SheU. 



Brown, shading in 

 some eggs toward 

 olive or brownish- 

 butf. 



Dingy yel! owish' 

 brown." 



Buff or yellowish- 

 clay-color. 



Verylightgray, drab, 

 olive, or reddish. 



Lightbutf or creamy 



Light buff or creamy. 



Light bufF or creamy. 



Pinkisli or some- 

 times nearly white. 



Chocolate, often of a 

 pinkish cast ; some 

 eggs are only lightly 

 tinted; others as dark 

 as a grain of browned 

 coffee. 



How Marked, Color of Marks, etc. 



Marked, notvery plentifully, with blotches, 

 spots, and speckles, of the same color as the 

 ground, but darker. Deep shell-marks often 

 wanting. When thev occur they are bluish- 

 gray. 



Marked with irreguUir spots and hlotches of 

 darker shade of ground-color. Deep shell- 

 marks purplish-brown. Markings quite uni- 

 formly distributed, orchieflyabout tne crown 

 in a wreath. 



Marked with lines, blotches, spots, and 

 speckles of burnt umber, or walnut-color. 

 Deep shell -marks are purplisli or bluish. 

 Eggs are thickly marked. Usually the lines 

 run lengthwise,"ofteu crossing one another. 



Marked witli large blotches, spots, and 

 speckles; also occasionally lines of warm, 

 rich brown, or brown, nearly black. Deep 

 shell-marks purplish-gray, and often numer- 

 ous. Eggs usually profusely marked: some- 

 times greatly obscuring the ground-color; 

 shell often looks stained. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and minute 

 specks of chocolate- or reddish-brown, chiefly 

 on the basal half; often forming a ring; seldom 

 more than 20 blotches and spots; seldom deep 

 shell-marks. 



Marked with large blotches, spots, and 

 speckles of various shades of chocolate- 

 brown, from a light wash to almost black. 

 Number of marks from 2 to 20, chiefly about 

 the basal end. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 

 chocolate-brown or reddish-brown, confined 

 to the base, where they form a ring; often 

 they are confluent. Deep shell-marks about 

 as numerous as surface marks, and lavender 

 In color. 



Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles, 

 so thickly as to nearly obscure the ground- 

 color of some specimens. Some ure thickly 

 and uniformly speckled only; others have a 

 ring about the base, composed of blotches and 

 spots in addition to the speckles elsewhere. 

 But whatever the arrangement of the marks, 

 they are uniformly brown-madder. Deep 

 shell-marks may he wanting or numerous. 



Some eggs are nearly plain; others are 

 heavily marked over entire shell; some have 

 only very fine and indistinct speckles; others 

 moderatelylurge and bold spots and speckles. 

 The various ground-colors and difTorent mark- 

 ings combine to make very numerous patterns. 

 Marks usually a darker shade of ground-color. 



No. in 



a Set. 



6 to 10 



5 to 6 



4 to 6 



2 to 4, 

 usually 



3 to 4 



5 to 9 



4 to 6 



Location, Position, Materials, 

 Size, etc., of Nest. 



Nest in marshes and about wetpatches 

 of ground, either upon the ground or 

 upon some rubbish. Made of grass, 

 weed-stems, reeds, etc. 



Nest in orchard trees, hedges, and 

 small trees in open fields; honey-locust 

 trees favorites. Composed of weed- 

 stems, grass, weed-fibres, feathers, thorns, 

 etc.; lined with flaxen-fibres, feathers, 

 wool, etc. Inside diameter 3% inches. 



Nest in cavity, natural or artificial, in 

 a tree, usually in woods, but may be in 

 an orchard tree in country or town. Nest 

 composed of weed-stems, etc., almost 

 invariably pieces of snake skin are to 

 be found about the rim. 



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 low trees or in the lower limbs 

 of large trees in woods, usually within 

 reach, in a horizontal crotch uear the 

 end of a limb. Made of small, round 

 weed-stem s, tendrils, catkins, etc. ; a frail 

 affair, supported at sides only. Eggs 

 often may be seen through the'boltom. 

 Diameter of cavity about 2 inches. 



Nest in bushes and lowirees in thickly 

 overgrown bottom land, etc.; willow 

 thickets, so dense as to be almost impen- 

 etrable, are favorite places; most gener- 

 ally in a perpendicular fork, within 

 reach from the ground. Composed of 

 flaxen fibres, weed-stems, etc. ; lined 

 with split grasses, roller grass, etc. Di- 

 ameter of cavity about 2 inches; depth, 

 about V/2 inches. 



Nest in trees about the border of woods, 

 on the banks of streams, etc.; also in 

 town in shade trees. Nest situated on 

 upper surface of a limb or in a horizon- 

 tal fork ; sometimes on a dead limb. 

 Nest covered entirely or partly with 

 lichens. Diameter of cavity from" l.SO to 

 2.25 inches. 



Nest about old buildings, etc., in all 

 kinds of odd nooks ; also in natural 

 caviiies in orchard andothertrees; often 

 in bird-boxes. Composed of sticks, 

 weed-stems, strings, horse-hair, moss, 

 feathers, etc. Diameter of cavity about 

 2 inches. 



Nest usually between 1 and 3 feet above 

 ground or wa"ter: placed in a bush, reeds, 

 cat-tails, or marsh grass; globular, about 

 the size of a small cocoanut. Composed 

 chiefly of long blades of grass, inter- 

 woven. Found only about swamps. 



English and Latin 

 Name oi Bird. 



Sora Rail. 

 Porzana Carolina. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 

 Lanius ludovicianuB, 



Great-crested 



Flycatcher. 

 Myiarchns crinitus. 



Bobolink. 



Dolichonvx orvzivorus. 



Acadian Flycatcher. 

 Empidonnx acadicus. 



Traill's Flycatcher. 

 Empidonax pusi 

 trail li. 



Wood Pewee. 

 Contopus virens. 



Hou.se Wren. 



Troglodytes aedon. 



Long-billed Marsh 



Wren. 

 Telmatodyles palustris. 



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