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as the box was opened before the explanatory letter arrived for reading. It 
will always be a matter for regret that the eggs were not photographed soon 
after blowing, as in the course of time many of the smaller dots have faded out, 
leaving only a comparatively few spots and dots to show where the heavy 
wreath was once located. The strong pinkish tinge has also very largely gone, - 
in spite of the fact that the eggs have been carefully kept’from exposure to 
the ight. However, in comparing them with such pure white eggs as those of 
the Stephens Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus macromystar), or eggs of 
Fig. 10. EGGS AND NESTING SITE OF THE DUSKY POOR- 
WILL. 
any of the woodpeckers, the pinkish tinge is in marked evidence. 
In shape the eggs of the Dusky Poor-will are a decided oval, almost equal- 
ly rounded at the two ends, although the smaller egg comes to a very abrupt 
and small point. In dimensions this set of eggs measures in inches 1.05x.77 
and 1.00x.76, being very much smaller than the eggs of any other goatsucker 
that nests within the borders of the United States. : 
Tacoma, Washington, December 13, 1919. 
