Jan., 1910 
ABNORMAL BIRDS’ EGGS 
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distribution of markings and ground tint of the four specimens taken by me, were 
almost exactly like spotted eggs of the Indigo Bunting that were collected by the 
writer during the same season. The Goldfinches’ were smaller than the Indigo 
Fig. 9. EGG OF CALIFORNIA MURRK, ABNORMAL IN SHAPE 
Bunting’s, but otherwise the similarity of one set to the other was so great as to be 
easily notist by any collector. The Indigo Bunting’s referred to are shown in 
Fig. 10. A SET OF SPOTTED EGGS OF THE INDIGO BUNTING; COWBIRD’S EGG AT RIGHT 
figure 10 (also a Cowbird’s egg that belongs to the set). They were collected at 
Ithaca, N. Y., June 17, 1879.. I have not seen any other spotted examples of either 
species since that remote date 
