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all the nests that we found are so similar, a general description covering them all 
will be given later on in this article. 
The eggs of this first set measure in millimeters as follows: 21.5x16.5, 21.6x 
16.5, and 21.x16.5. These eges are very nearly equal ended, with a pale glaucous 
blue ground color, and they are boldly marked. One is rather heavily spotted 
and blotched with cameo brown and vinaceous russet, the darker spots being 
chocolate color. There are distinct under tints of plumbago gray, making it one 
of the most beautiful eggs of this species that I have ever seen. The markings 
are about evenly distributed over the whole egg. The second egg is spotted and 
only slightly blotched or flecked with cameo brown and vinaceous russet. The 
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Fig. 17. STEPHENS Fox SPARROW ON NEST; BiG BEAR LAKE, SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. 
darker markings are chocolate as in the other egg. There are a very few under 
tints of plumbago gray. This egg is heavier marked on the large end. ‘The 
other egg is uniformly spotted with cameo brown and vinaceous russet; a few 
of the spots are chocolate. On this egg there are also fewer of the undertints of 
plumbago gray. These eggs are slightly glossy. Color terms here used are 
taken from Ridgway’s Color Standards by matching. 
The following day, June 1, while working my way up a little canyon, the 
sides of which were thickly covered with low buckthorn, about a mile from the 
lake shore, I found set number two. This nest was in a low buckthorn bush, only 
about six inches from the ground, and was discovered by seeing the bird sitting 
