482 NEST AND EGGS OF PH^NOPEPLA NITENS 



all over with different shades of brown. The spots are all small, 

 and most abundant about the larger end, and vary greatly in 

 their distributions. In size they [i. e. the eggs, not the spots] 

 range from .97 of an inch to .84 in length, and in breadth from 

 .66 to .60."— (From Hist. NAB. iii. 507.) 



Fig. 51 his.SetopJiaga picta. 

 (Omitted from p. 335, g. v.) 



