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Bailey on a Collection of Eggs from Georgia. 
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24. Progne subis. Purple Martin. — Nests in hollow trees, etc., 
near houses ; eggs five. May 18. 
25. Co tile rip aria. Bank Swallow. — Nests excavated in river banks ; 
eggs five. April 20. 
26. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Nests 
in banks ; eggs four or five. April 18. 
27. Pyranga aestiva. Summer Redbird. — Nest loosely constructed 
of twigs on the horizontal branch of a pine, not very high. A set of 
four eggs taken May 8. 
28. Ammodromus maritimus. Seaside Finch. — Nests in low bushes, 
or in the high marsh-grass near the sea; eggs four. May 3. 
29. PeucEea aestivalis. Bachman’s Finch. — Nests built on the 
ground, in pine woods, carefully concealed under a tuft of grass, small 
palmetto, or low bush. The females are very close sitters; they always 
lay four eggs and raise two broods. An egg taken from a nest June 11 
measures .74X. 62, and is pure white; there were also three young birds 
just hatched. 
30. Pipilo ery thropthalmus . * Towhee. — N ests in low bushes, sel- 
dom on the ground; eggs four. May 1. 
31. Cardinalis virginianus. Cardinal Grosbeak. — Nests loosely 
constructed, in low trees or bushes. If discovered building they always 
desert the nest; eggs four. May 1. 
32. Passerina ciris. Painted Bunting. — Nests in trees or low 
bushes, especially among briers; 'eggs four. May 15. 
33. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — Eggs laid in nests of small birds; 
one with a set of Red-eyed Vireo’s eggs. 
34. Agelaeus phoeniceus. Red-and-buff-shouldered Blackbird. 
— Nests near fresh-water ponds, in bushes, and among high grass; eggs 
three or four. May 18. 
35. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Nests pensile, in trees ; 
eggs five. May 10 
36. Quiscalus major. Boat-tailed Grackle. — Nests in trees or in 
the tall salt-marsh grass; eggs three, seldom four. They breed during 
April and May. 
37. Quiscalus purpureus. Purple Grackle. — Nests in trees, sel- 
dom in the salt marshes; eggs three or four. April 15. 
38. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow.— N ests in trees near the sea ; 
eggs four. April 20. 
39. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. — Nests in trees; eggs four. 
May 1. 
40. Tyrannus dominicensis. Gray Kingbird. — Nests on the 
horizontal branches of oak trees, near the top, and loosely constructed of 
twigs, “with little or no lining” ; eggs always three. Those of a set taken 
June 8 measure respectively: 1.03X.75 ; 1.06X.75 ; 1.08X.75; they are 
salmon-colored with blotches of reddish-brown on the large end. 
* [Probably this was really the white-eved form P. erythroftthalmus alleni. — EDS.] 
