Jan. 1888.] 



Am) OOLOGIST. 



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brown and lilac. The remainder ot the surface 

 is albiost wholly without markings, ^ery 

 stnalll: .60x.47; .61x.46; .62x.47; .63x./7. 



SetlxXVI. June 8. 1886. Hell Gate/East 

 Side, Mew London County, Conn. Four eggs, 

 fresh. \Nest in green savin, usnea covered, low 

 down. \ Other nests in near neigi/borhood. 

 Many bVds in colony. Eggs white/and quite 

 glossy. Heavily marked near the larger ends 

 with larga spots of bright reddish JSrown and a 

 few lilac \pots. The markings ff>vm wreaths, 

 and the reipainder of the eggs ai;^ immaculate: 

 .65X.47; .86x.50; .G7x.47; .6^.49. 



Set XXVII. June 11, 1886./ Groton, Long 

 Point, Conn. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 swamp maple, eleven feet from the ground. 

 Female covering eggs. TS^gs light creamy 

 white, spotted over most qf their surface, but 

 especially near the larger ^uds, with light red- 

 dish brown and lilac: .6o,x:.47; .67x.47; .66 x 

 .47; .66X.47. 



SetXXVlIl. Jane 4,' 1881. Groton Long 

 Point, Conn. Pour e^gs. Nest in stunted 

 maple on edge of wooded swamp. Birds near. 

 Eggs glossy, creamy white, unmarked except 

 at the larger ends, wliciv' they are beautifully 

 wreathed with light reddish brown and lilac 

 spots: .66X.4S; .C4x.47; .65x.48; .65 x .47. 



Set XXIX. May 2-5, 1881. Hell Gate, Pres- 

 ton, Conn. Thrj/e eggs, incubation begun. 

 Nest in small dead savin, six feet from the 

 ground. Eggs Qreaniy white, heavily marked 

 near the larger ends with very bright reddish 

 brown and lila^ spots: .68x.49; .69x.48; .68 

 X .46. / 



Set XXX. June 7, 1883. Long Point, Gro- 

 ton, on Fisher's Island Sound (Long Island 

 Sound) Conn. Four eggs, fresh. Nest in 

 large hornbeam tree, outside of swamp. Made 

 of hanging/lichen, on lowest limb. Female 

 covering clutch until touched. Eggs glossy, 

 creamy wpite, heavily marked over most of 

 their surfiice with light reddish brown and 

 lilac. The markings principally take the form 

 of large ^pots, closer together near the larger 

 ends in jfchree of them, but in the fourth they 

 are gro,tiped around the smaller end. The 

 markings are unusually heavy for this species : 

 .63X.4S; .62X.46; .61x.47; .56 x .48. 



Set ^XXI. June 1, 1886. Long Society, 

 Prest(^, Conn. Three eggs. Nest in green 

 birch,' sprout, about three feet from ground. 

 Fem!|le on. Eggs glossy, creamy white. Very 

 heavfly blotched with very bright reddish 

 broW'n and lilac. The blotches are unusually 

 largp and confluent for this species, and are 

 neailly all grouped around the larger end. Re- 



markably showy eggs : .65 x .47 ; .67 x ^8 ; .66 

 X.50. / 



Set XXXII. June 4, 1886. Rehobdth, Bris- 

 tol County, Mass. Collected by Firederic H. 

 Carpenter. Five eggs, incubation/ advanced. 

 Nest the usual pendant structui* of usnea ; 

 nearly globular, and placed on/an old moss- 

 covered apple tree, fifteen feet from the ground. 

 Words fail to describe this ej^ceedingly brill- 

 iantly colored set, which wer^ generously pre- 

 sented to the writer by Mr./ Carpenter. The 

 giound color is pure whit/, unsullied by the 

 slightest stain. The mark^igs are chiefly con- 

 fined to the larger ends, and consist of large 

 spots of the most brilliant Vermillion red. No 

 coloration on any other eggs of this species 

 ever seen by tlie writey approaches it in bright- 

 ness, and the contract of the very bright red 

 with the pure whit^ makes a very beautiful 

 appearance: .65 x.46; .63 x .44; .66 x.47; 

 .65 x .45 ; .67 x .46./ 



Set XXX III. May 31, 1887. Hell Gate, Pres- 

 ton, Conn. Five eggs, fresh. Nest in only 

 bunch of n.mea on dead juniper, Ave feet from 

 ground. Conspicuous from its position mid- 

 way on long, vlean horizontal branch. Female 

 seen many tiiijles; both parents observed when 

 set was taki&n. Eggs pure White, and very 

 glossy for tMis species. Speckled and spotted 

 with dark i*?ddish brown and lilac. The mark- 

 ings form ^-reaths near the larger ends, and are 

 not percetitible on any other parts of the eggs. 

 One of Jnem has the markings entirely of a 

 light lavender wreath, composed of specks of 

 that color : .61 x .49 ; .59 x .46 ; .59 x .48 ; .63-x 

 .48. ■' 



Set ^fXXIV. June 1, 1884. Standish, Maine. 

 Collected by L. C. Holmes. Five eggs, fresh. 

 In low evergreen, nine feet from the ground. 

 Egg^ creamy white, quite glossy ; speckled and 

 spofted with dark reddish brown and lilac. The 

 markings form indistinct wreaths near the. 

 larger ends ; very long and pointed : .72 x .49 ; 

 .71 x.48; .71X.48; .71x.48; .69x.47.— J. P. N.] 



The Shore-bird Migration at Mono- 

 moy Island, Cape Cod, Mass., 

 Fall of 1887. 



BY JOHN C. CAHOON, TAUNTON, MASS. 



(Report of the Cape Cod Migration Station of the Bristol 

 Ornithological Club.) 

 Arrived on the Island Aug. 8th, but was so 

 busy until Sept. 10th that my observations 

 were not as full as I should desire at that 

 period. 



