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'-COLOR OF SHELL BLUE OR BLUISH, OR GREEN OR GREENISH — Continued. 
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. 
1.05 to 1.22 
Light to dark olive- 
green ; sometimes 
dirty ocherish. 
Marked with small blotches, spots, and 
speckles of a darker shade of the ground-color, 
or yellowish-brown. Deep shell-murks appear 
purplish. Some eggs are speckled plentifully 
over the entire shell, the marks being eon- 
fluentaboutthebase. Usually they are marked 
with 3 or 4 small blotches and 5 or 6 times as 
many spots, interspersed with speckles: ma- 
jority of marks on basal half. 
4 to G 
Nest in trees in country and town, not 
very far from ground; often in thorn 
trees. Made of slicks, thorns, weeds, 
mud, leaves, grass-fibres, paper, rags, 
strings, feathers, etc., lined with rootlets. 
Diameter of cavity about 4 inches; depth 
about 1% inches. 
Blue Jay. 
Cyanoeitta crista ta, 
.87 to 1.00 
Pale greenish-blue. 
Marked with bold blotches, spots, and 
speckles of brown-madder or reddish-brown. 
Deep shell-marks are lilac. Some eggs are 
mostly marked with blotches and spots; 
others are speckled, especially at the base, 
where, with any pattern, iheyincline to wreath. 
4 to 5 
Nest usually in a low tree or bush in 
woods, or about the outskirts of timber. 
Composed of reed-steins, rootlets, straws, 
bits of leaves, and pieces of twigs, lined 
with rootlets, weed-fibres, or horse-hair. 
Diameter of cavity about 3)4 inches; 
depth about 1}$ luclibs. 
Mockingbird. 
Mimas poiygiottus. 
.96 to 1.08 
Bluish-green: some- 
times dull yellowish- 
gray. 
Marked with spots and speckles of reddish- 
brown, usually in small and diffuse pattern. 
Some eggs arc profusely marked; others have 
Fewer and sharper marks: some have con- 
fluent marks atbase. 
3 to 5 
Nest in a tree or tall bush in woods, 
from 6 to 20 feet from the ground; often 
in thorn trees. Coarsely built of stubble, 
leaves, weed-fibres, twigs, etc . lined oc- 
casionally with a few horse-hairs. Cav- 
ity about 3 inches in diameter. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 
Zamelodiu ludovieiana. 
.86 to 1.04 
Light blue. 
Marked with spots, speckles, and irregular 
lines and blotches of dark brown or black, 
which have a tendency to congregate about 
the crown. Deep shell-marks have a muddy- 
brown appearance. 
3 to 6 
Usually nest in tail grass, reeds, or 
rushes in or near a marsh; but may be in 
a tree, even in woods, or on the ground 
near damp land. Grasses, reeds, etc., 
compose the structure. Lining of round 
grass nrsplitgrass, or occasionally hairs. 
Diameter of cavity about 3 inches. 
R ed- an d - b u T f-s ho ul 
dered Blackbird. 
Agelteus phceniceiis. 
.88 to 1.00 
Light bluish -green. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 
reddish-brown in various shades and combi- 
nations. Usually there is a slight wreath about 
the crown ; marks often chiefly on basal hnl f. 
3 to 5, 
Usually 
3 
Nest iu trees in or near woods, from 5 
to 15 feet from ground; usually saddled 
on a limb of several inches diameter. 
Composed of weed-stems, trailing vines, 
rootlets, etc. Diameter of cavity from 
2U to 2 % inches; depth of cavity from 
% to 1% inches. 
Scarlet Tan tiger. 
Pyranga rubra. 
.85 to .93 
Light bluish-green, 
varying in purity and 
shade in different sets. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles of 
yellowish-brown over whole shell ; about the 
crown there is generally a slight wreath of 
confluent marks. The blotches and dots have 
ragged outlines and less color uttlmedges than 
in center. Deep shell-marks dull purplish. 
3 to 5, 
usually 
3 
Nest in woods, from 5 to 25 feet above 
ground; generally at end of limb, sup- 
ported by a number of twigs. Made of 
dead grass, lined with grass. Diameter 
of cavity from 2?a to 2% inches; depth 
from l to 1 % inches. 
Summer Red bird. 
Pyranga testiva. 
.85 to .95 
Faintly tinted with 
grayish- blue. 
Marked with blotches, spots, and speckles, 
also occasionally short lines of sepia, some 
eggs are evenly and thickly marked ; some are 
marked principally at the base; others are 
evenly but sparingly blotched and dotted. 
*1 to 6 
Nestin any kind of cavity or hole about 
trees, buildings, etc. Composed Of any 
accessible material, lined with feathers. 
English Sparrow. 
Passer domestlcus. 
.SO to .91 
Bluish-green or bine- 
gray tinted : some- 
times slate color. 
Marked with well-defined spots, and often 
speckles of sepia, nearly black ; marked 
sparingly but regularly over the whole shell, 
sometimes forming a wreath about thecrown. 
Usually markings are in small groups. Deep 
shell-marks nearly as numerous as surface 
marks. 
4 to 5 
Nest in u medium sized tree, often or- 
chard or shade tree, in town or country: 
saddled on a limb or in a perpendicular 
crotch. Made of rootlets, weed-stems, 
tendrils, fibres, grass, leaves, strings, 
paper, rags, etc.; lining contains thread- 
like rootlets. Diameter of cavity varies 
from '111 to inches; depth from l> a - to 
inches. 
Cedar VVaxwlug. 
Ampelis cedrorum. 
.72 to .86 
Very light bluish- 
green. 
Marked with a few blotches, spots, speckles, 
and irregular lines of various shades of brown. 
Deep shell-marks purplish. 
3 to 5 
Nest in trees, either suspended from 
extremityof limb or suspended between 
several upright stems; in orchards or 
trees in fields, etc. Made of fresh blades 
of blue-grass, fibres, and strips of bark, 
generally lined with feathers, wool, 
plant-down. Cavity measures 2 \\ inches 
in diameter by 2% inches in depth. 
Orchard Oriole. 
Icterus purius. 
.72 to .84 
Greenish-blue, 
Marked sparingly, with blotches, spots, and 
speckles, and occasionally lines of very dark 
brown, almost black, chiefly about the base. 
Deep shell-marks gray or lilac. 
■1 to S 
Nest usually in evergreens In lawns in 
country and town; also in fruit trees, etc. 
Composed chiefly of rootlets. Diameter 
of cavity about 2 inches; depth about 1 
inch. 
Purple Finch. 
Carpodacus purpureus. 
.69- to .78 
Lightly tinted with 
bluish-green, often 
clouded 'with brown. 
Marked with blotches, spots, speckles, and 
rarely short lines of reddish-brown, some- 
times nearly burnt sienna. Deep shell-marks 
bluish. Some eggs arc so heavily marked as 
to obscure the ground-color at the base; some 
are thickly marked every-whore; some have 
a wreath about the crown. 
4 or 5 
Nest generally in swampy land, on the 
ground" nt tbe foot of a bush, or in a tus- 
sock of grass; occasionally in a low hush. 
Composed of grass, weed-sterns, rootlets, 
weed-fibres, etc., lined with grass. Di- 
ameter of cavity from 2 to 2)4 inches. 
Swamp Sparrow. 
Melospiza palustris. 
.70 to .83 
Faint dull blue. some- 
times decidedly blue; 
occasionally ne arly 
brown. 
Quantity of markings vary from a few 
blotches and spots to such a number as to 
nearly obscure the ground-color. Some eggs 
have ‘a wreath around the crown made of 
either confluent or separate blotches, etc.; 
others are uniformly and closely speckled. 
Between these extremes various combinations 
are common. Markings are reddish-brown. 
3 to 6 
Nest on the- ground, in stunted trees, 
bushes, drill-piles, etc. Made of weed- 
stems, roots, blades of grass, straws, bits 
of dead leaves, etc... lined with slender 
blades of grass, split grasses, and long 
horse-hair. Diameter of cavity from 2% 
to 2M inches; depth from IJi to 2 inches. 
Song Sparrow r , 
Melospiza fasciata. 
.61 to .73 
Faint greenish-blue. 
Marked with blotches, dots, and finespeekles 
of light reddish- or yellowish-brown over en- 
tire egg, but most plentifully about the base, 
often" forming a wreath. Deep shell-marks 
purplish. Some eggs speckled only. 
3 to 5 
Nest on the ground or in a bush in 
woods. Loosely built of weed-stalks, 
split grasses, roller grass, and rootlets, 
lined with black horse-hairs or split 
grasses. Diameter of cavity from 1% to 
2)4 inches; depth of cavity about 1)4 
inches. 
Field Sparrow. 
Spizella pusilla. 
.60 to .82 
Light bluish -green. 
Marked chiefly about the basal half with 
blotches, spots, and sometimes lines of various 
shades of brown, sometimes almost black. 
Deep shell-marks are purplish. 
3 to 5 
Nest in woods and open country, in 
bushes, trees, vines, etc., in orchards, 
gardens, and lawns in town and country; 
from 1 to 30 feet above ground. Materials 
vary with locality; usually madeof weed- 
fibres, rootlets, grass, etc., lined with 
horse-hairs. Diameter of cavity about 
1% inches. 
Chipping Sparrow. 
Spizella dom estica. 
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