16 THE BIRDS 
stones, near which the nest is located. Fresh eggs June 
10th to July Ist. Size, 1.25x.95. The ground color is 
a grayish-white, specked and spotted with dark brown, 
and fainter markings of lilac. The weather conditions 
have much to do with the depositing of eggs of this species. 
Only one brood a season. 
