Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 735 



Eggs, 3 to 5. Size, about .98 x .67 ; pale blue, marked with rufous 

 brown or olive brown. Bird, above, brownish; under parts, dull white, 

 with narrow streaks of brown. (Female.) Zamelodia ludoviciana. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



PART 3. EGGS BETWEEN .95 AND 1.05 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 4 to 6. Size, about .95 x .62; dull white, sparsely scrawled 

 and marked with dark brown or blackish. Nest, pendulous, hanging 

 below the branch. Bird, under parts, orange yellow. (Female.) 



Icterus galbula. 



Baltimore Oriole. 



EggSj 3 to 5- Size, about .95 x .73; clear white, marked with dark 



brown or blackish. Tyrannus tyrannus. 



Kingbird. 



Eggs, 3 to 5. Size, about .98 X .73 ; dull white or ashy white, marked 



with olive brown. Lanius ludovicianus. 



Loggerhead Shrike. 



PART 4. EGGS FROM 1.05 TO 1.30 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about r.io x .82 ; pale olive green or pale olive 

 buff, marked and speckled with brown. Cyanocitta cristata. 



Blue Jay. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about 1. 16 X. 82 ; pale bluish or greenish, marked 



and scrawled with dark brown and black. Quiscalus quiscula cBneus. 



Bronzed Grackle. 



PART 5. EGGS FROM 1.30 TO 2 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 3 to 5. Size, about 1.50 x 1.20; dull white or buffy white, 

 blotched with brown. Accipiter velox. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 

 Eggs, 4 to 6. Size, about 1.66 x 1.18; generally pale green (some- 

 times bluish), marked with olive brown. Corvus brachyrhynchos. 



American Crow. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about 1.92 x 1,53; pale bluish white or dull 



white, showing faint marking of pale brown. Accipiter cooperii. 



Cooper's Hawk. 



Eggs, 2 to 4. Size, about 1.95x1.56; dull white, spotted and 



blotched with olive brown or cinnamon-brown. Buteo platypterus. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



PART 6. EGGS MORE THAN 2 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, ^ to 4. Size, about 2.05x1.56; dull white, spotted and 

 blotched with olive bro^vn or cinnamon-brown. Buteo platypterus. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



Eggs, 3 to 6. Size, about 2.15x1.70; dull white, marked and 



blotched with brown. Bird, tail showing white bars. Buteo lineatus. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. 



