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II.— EGGS MARKED 
Size of Eggs 
in Short- 
diameter. 
Ground-color of shell 
Ground-color of shell 
Ground-color of shell 
white or whitish, — A. 
blue or bluish, or green or greenish, — J3. 
neither white or whitish, nor blue or bluish, or green 
or greenish,— Q i 
iY— GROUND-COLOR OF SHELL WHITE OR WHITISH * 
Size of Eggs 
in Long- 
diameter. 
Ground-color of 
Shell. 
How Marked, Color of Marks, etc. 
No. in 
a Set. 
Location. Position. Materials, 
Size, etc., of Nest. 
English and Latin 
Name of Bird. 
2.15 to 2.60 
Soiled white, chalk j 
white, or yellowish 
white. 
Marked with indistinct blotches and spots of 
ochre, and variously blotched, spotted, and 
speckled with reddish- or yellowish-brown. 
Deep shell-marks purplish ; majority of marks 
arc usually on the smaller end. Occasionally 
an egg is unmarked, shell granular. 
3 
Nest in trees, generally at edge of thick 
woods. Sometimes in the interior, often 
along creeks and rivers. Composed of 
sticks, lined with corn-silk, husks, 
feathers, grape-vine bark, etc. 
Red-tailed Hawk. 
Buteo borealis. 
2.20 to 2.60 
Creamy-white. 
Marked with large hi itches, spots, and 
speckles, varying in different specimens from 
a wine-red to purplish-brown, usually brown- 
madder. Deep shell-marks vary from blue- 
gray to smoky-brown. There is great diversity 
of pattern among these eggs, Occasionally 
markings obscure ground-color entirely. 
2 to 3 
Nest entirely of sticks, woven into a 
strong platform, and repaired from year 
to year. Built in the top of a. tree. 
Fish Hawk. 
Pandion haliaetus caro- 
linensis. 
2.00 to 2.25 
Soiled white, occa- 
sionally bluish - w b i t e 
or brownish-white. 
Some eggs nearly unmarked, others quite 
numerously blotched, spotted, and speckled 
with various shades of brown, the ground 
being obscured at base. Between these ex- 
tremes are various pat terns. Deep shell-marks 
are infrequent. Shell granular. 
3 to -1 
Nest in tall trees in groves or in woods, 
frequently near streams or ponds. Com- 
posed chiefly of sticks, lined with grasses, 
moss, feathers, etc. 
Red -s h o u 1 d e red Hawk. 
Buteo lincatus. 
1.90 to 2. 00 
Soiled white or 
brownisli-white. 
Marked with clouds, blotches, spots, and 
speckles of redd ish-brovvn or yellowish -brown 
of various shades. Some eggs are sparingly 
and regularly marked: others are so heavily 
marked at one end as to conceal the ground- 
color; others arc marked mostly with deep 
shell-marks, which appear lavender. 
3 to 5 
Nest in trees in damp woods and 
wooded swamps. Composed of sticks, 
weed-stems, grasses, etc. 
Broad-winged Hawk. 
Buteo pen nsyl van tens. 
1.08 to 1.20 
White. 
Marked with large and small spots and some 
speckles of light yellowish-brown, distributed 
rather plentifully and evenly overentireshell. 
Occasionally a blotch or two occur. Deep 
shell-marks are about as numerous ns surface 
marks, and appear lavender. 
S 
Nest in densest woods. Eggs laid on 
leaves on the ground, on a shelving rock, 
etc. No materials are carried for the nest. 
Wh ip-poor- will. 
Capri mulgus voeiferus. 
1.00 to 1.15 
White, at times very 
faintly tinted with 
greenish-grav. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 
light yellowish- or pinkish-brown, distributed 
over entire shell, but most abundant about the 
base, where sometimes they arc confluent. 
Some eggs marked only with spots and 
speckles. Deep shell-marks are faint and 
somewhat purplish. 
4 to 5 
Nest in open fields of grass or small 
grain, usually in a slight hollow on the 
ground. Composed chiefly of grass and 
straw, well woven, and same within as 
without. Majority of nests are domed, 
Diameter of cavity about 3R inches. 
Meadow Lark. 
Sturnella magna. 
.93 to 1.0S 
White or white faint- 
ly tinted with green. 
Marked usuallv with speckles; sometimes 
with dots or blotches of light cinnamon- 
brown, distributed pretty uniformly and 
thickly over whole shell: sometimes there is 
a well-defined ring about the base. 
3 to 5 
Nest either on the ground or in a bush, 
hedge, brush pile, or even on a fence-rail 
in tlie corner of a worm fence; usually in 
woods, but also in open country. Com- 
posed of sticks, leaves, weed-stems, etc., 
lined with rootlets, bulky and coarse. 
Diameter oi cavity from 3 ’to 3% inches. 
Brown Thrasher. 
Harporhynchus rufus. 
.90 to 1.10 
White; sometimes 
faintly tinted with 
green, rusty-brown, or 
yellow. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles. 
Some eggs are spotted and speckled thickly, 
almost concealing the ground-color, with 
yellowish-brown ; others have only a few 
blotehesof rich brown interspersed with faint 
speckles. Deep shell- mar Its are lavender tint. 
Eggs of this species differ greatly even in the 
same set. 
2 to 4 
Nest in bushes and low trees} often on 
a bunch of thorns against the trunk of a 
honey-locust tree. Composed of long 
slender weed-stems, grape-vine bark, 
etc., and lined with pieces of slendervine 
of pinkish gray or brown tint. Diameter 
of cavity varies from 1% to 3R inches. 
Cardinal Grosbeak. 
Cardinalis virginianus. 
.88 to .98 
White, slightly tinted 
with bluish-green. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 
brown -madder. Usually the shell is well 
spotted and speckled . Ground-color often ob- 
scured at base where there Is slight confluence 
of marks. Not much variation in patterns. 
3 to 5 
Nest in woods, usually with heavy un- 
dergrowth of bushes, etc. Placed on the 
ground, except in very wet seasons; then 
in bushes. Made.Of leaves, straw, grass, 
etc. .lined with slender vine-stems, nicely 
arranged. Diameter of cavity about 3 
inches; depth from 1 to 2 }t inches. 
Cbewink. 
Pipilo ervthroplithal- 
mus. 
.83 to .96 
White. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 
reddish-brown, usually over the entire shell, 
but most plentifully at the base. Some eggs 
have large blotches of color interspersed with 
spots and speckles ; some have a wreath 
about the crown. 
4 or 5 
Nest usually of weed-stems, pieces of 
trailing vines, skeletonized leaves, etc., 
and lined with well selected pieces of 
round trailing vine, of a gray, brown, or 
pinkish cast. Diameter of cavity about 
'1\ 2 inches. 
Yellow- breasted Chat. 
Icteria virens. 
.85 to 1.02 
Creamy white. 
Marked with dots and blotches of chocolate- 
brown, irregularly distributed over whole sur- 
face or confined to crown ; not very numerous. 
Deep shell-marks purplish. 
4 to 6 
Nest placed in horizontal or perpen- 
dicular fork of tree, usually in a tree near 
water. Old apple trees and trees along 
country roads are favorite sites. Seldom 
in town. Nest rather bulky; made of 
grasses, weed-stems, fibres, sticks, root- 
lets, etc., coated inside with rotten plas- 
ter, and lined with slender grasses, 
feathers, wool, etc. Diameter of cavity 
about 3 inches. 
Kingbird. 
Tyrannus carolinensis. 
are marked it is difficult to tell the actual tint of the ground, owing to the contrast of colors. The apparent tint is always given. All the very faintly 
ti:-; hut when the tint is quite evident the eggs are not included under A, but go to B or CL 
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