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TIIK CONDOR 
Von. XII 
These eggs are plainly much larger than those of the eastern bird. Set number 
one contains four splendid eggs, measuring as follows: ,85x.60, ,86x.61, .87x.62, 
.88x.62. All are of quite uniform size, all plainly and plentifully markt about the 
larger end with irregular, kinky strokes and spots, varying from faint purplish to 
dark chestnut, over a dull greenish white ground somewhat clouded by the weak 
chocolate flush, which is present in some of these specimens. One egg of this set 
has the marks somewhat lengthwise giving it a waved or marbled appearance, with 
no marks darker than cinnamon brown. These extend well over the surface 
except the point. Three eggs of the set have the subdued purplish at the larger 
end approaching a wreath. 
The eggs of set number two have a clear, bright greenish-white ground color, 
uniform over the entire surface. They measure: .79x.57, .85x.58, .83x58. One 
egg is almost plain at the point, with small specks and spots of faint cinnamon over 
Fig. 2S. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NEST SHOWN IN FIG. 27 
the larger part of the surface. The other two are almost alike, being sparsely 
fleckt with cinnamon, with little of this below the center, but heavily speckt with 
seal brown in an irregular wreath at the larger end. There are also a few kinky 
lines of the same color. These eggs have an exceedingly fragile shell, which may 
be said of all the sets, possibly caused by the character of food. 
The eggs of set number three measure as follows: .86x.62, .87x.62, ,90x.60, 
being decidedly elongated. The ground color is a dull greenish, with the mark- 
ings, mostly at the larger end, consisting of splashes and specks of faint chocolate 
and cinnamon, forming awasht surface in form of a broad, dull wreath about the 
large end which is bare at the point, except in one egg in which the blotches 
extend over the entire surface. Then there is on each of these three eggs a deli- 
cate chocolate hair line encircling a small portion of the larger end. Hanging on 
