A Spotted Egg of Empidonax minimus. — [The following note, 
communicated to me by Mr. Hayward, seems of sufficient interest to merit 
publication. I have examined the egg in question, and there is apparently 
no reason to doubt its correct identification. Save for the reddish-brown 
dotting it is quite typical of E. minimus , and not for a moment to be com- 
pared with the eggs of either E. traillii or acadicus. I have never seen a 
spotted egg of the Least Flycatcher before. — W. Brewster.] 
Last spring, during the month of May, while collecting eggs at Milton, 
Mass., I found a nest of this species in the forks of an apple-tree about 
fifteen feet from the ground, containing four eggs, three of which were of 
the usual color, but the fourth, of the same gyound-color, was minutely 
marked with fine dots of reddish-brown. The spots are irregularly dis- 
persed over the surface of the egg, and while numerous on one side are 
few on the other. The egg measures .63 x .50 of an inch. The nest was 
like others of this species, and the bird had the well-known note of 
chebec . — R. Hayward, Boston, ilBqliJL N.O.O. 4, April. 1879. P» /iV. 
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Notes from Maine. 
John L. Goodale , Saco. Me. 
On this day I also got a set of Least Fly- 
catchers with six eggs in it. The nest was, 
if anything, a little smaller than usual and the 
eggs were almost crowded as they lay in it. 
I never before heard of a set with more than 
four in it. 
0.& O. VoL 18, Sept. 1803 p.129 
