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Eggs, usually t or 2. Size about .87 x .66; deposited in some other 

 bird's nest. Color, white or pale buff, thickly marked all over with 

 irregular spots of brown. Molothrus ater. 



Cowbird. 



PART 2. EGGS MORE THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 2. Size, about 1.16X.84; dull white, with a few lilac-gray 

 markings and spots of dull brown. Nest, eggs deposited on ground 

 or a few leaves. Antrostomus vociferus. 



Whip-poor-will. 



Eggs, 4. Size, about 1.53 x 1.15; pale buff, marked and spotted 



with light brown and rufous brown. Nest, eggs deposited on leaves on 



ground. Philohela minor. 



Woodcock. 



SECTION 6. NEST IN SWAMPY PLACES IN REEDS OR 

 GRASS, ON GROUND OR ON FLOATING 

 VEGETATION. 



PART I. EGGS LESS THAN i IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 6 to 8. Size, about .66 x .47 ; usually pure white, rarely with 

 few pale gray or lavender-spots. Nest, globe-shaped, with entrance on 

 side. Cistothorus stellaris. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Eggs, 4 to 5. Size, about .76 x .56 ; whitish or bluish white, irregu- 

 larly speckled and marked with rufous brown, similar but usually more 

 thickly marked than next species. Bird, breast not streaked with 

 brown. Melospiza georgiana. 



Swamp Sparrow. 



Eggs, 4 to 5. Size, about .78 X. 59; white or bluish white, irregularly 



speckled and marked with rufous brown. Bird, breast heavily streaked 



with brown. Melospiza melodia. 



Song Sparrow. 



Eggs, usually t or 2. Size, about .87 x .66; deposited in some other 



bird's nest. Color, white or pale buff, irregularly marked with brown. 



Molothrus ater. 

 Cowbird. 



PART 2. EGGS FROM i TO 1.50 IN. LONG. 



Eggs, 8 to 14. Size, about 1.24 x .90; buff or pale brownish buff, 

 sparsely marked with brown and purplish gray. Porzana Carolina. 



Sora Rail. Carolina Rail. 

 Eggs, 6 to 12. Size, about 1.25 x .95; pale buff y white, sparingly 

 spotted and speckled with rufous brown and purplish gray. 



Rallus virginianus. 

 Virginia Rail. 



