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Of them a single large blotch of burnt umber, 
in addition to their speckling of the same col- 
or, and it produces a very curious effect. 
Set IV. April 8, 1885, Riverside, California. 
Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in hole in 
dead tree. Five eggs, incubation begun. 
Ground color creamy white, speckled, spotted, 
and blotched with cinnamon rufous. In three 
of the eggs the markings are heavier at the 
smaller ends, while in the other two they are 
principally at the larger ends : 1.37 x 1.15 • 1.28 
xl.08; 1.21x1.07; 1.23 x 1.08; 1.25 1.05.’ 
Set V May 3, 1886, Tres Pinos, California. 
Collected by J. R. c. Nest in natural hole in 
tree. Five eggs, fresh. Creamy white ground 
color, almost, obscured with speckling and 
spotting of vinaeeous-cinnamon : 1.34x 1 . 08 - 
1.34 x 1.09; 1.26 x 1.06; 1.37 x 1.10; 1.26 x l.Oo’ 
Set VI April 16, 1886, Riverside, California. 
Collected by W. B. Nest in hole in dead tree. 
Five eggs, incubation slight. Ground color 
dull white, speckled, spotted and clouded with 
vinaeeous-cinnamon, and cinnamon-rufous: 
1.40 x 1.16 ; 1.50 x 1.15 ; 1.50 x 1.16 ; 1.50 x 1.16 - 
l.oO x l.15; 1.46x1.17. Large eggs for this 
SpGC I6& # 
Set VII. May 15, 1887, Los Angeles County, 
California. Collected by C. N. P. Nest in 
hollow tree. Four eggs, incubation advanced. 
Ground color pinkish buff to vinaceous cinna- 
mon, speckled and spotted with cinnamon- 
rufous and chestnut: 1.36 x 1.09; 1.36x1.11- 
1-34 x 1.11 ; 1.41 x l.li. 
Set VIII. May 10, 1885, Chester County, 
I ennsylvania. Collected by E. M. T. Nest in 
ole m an apple tree. Six eggs, incubation be- 
& un. Ground color dull white to vinaceous- 
cmnamon, speckled, spotted; ^ 
clouded with cinnamon-rufous: 1.12 x 1 . 17 - 
1.39x1.11; 1.44x1.12; 1.46 x 1.12- 1 39 x 
1-10; 1.38 x 1.09. ’ X 
r n 6t Ft' , AP T‘ 9 ’ 1885 ' Riversid e, California. 
Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in dead stub, 
in hole made by a woodpecker. Five eggs in- 
cubation advanced. Pinkish buff ground color, 
speckled, spotted, and blotched with vinaceous. 
cinnamon and cinnamon-rufous. In three of 
the eggs the markings are thicker at the larger 
ends, and the other two have them grouped” at 
the smaller ends: 1.37x1.11; 1.35x1.11; 1.32 
xl.ll; 1.40 x 1.08; 1.38x1.11. 
Set x. May 7, 1887. Los Angeles County, 
California. Collected by C. N. P. Nest in hol- 
low stump of a tree. Five eggs, incubation 
commenced. Pinkish buff ground color, 
speckled and spotted over the whole surface 
with vinaeeous-cinnamon and cinnamon-rufous: 
i m on 0 ’ 1,30 X 1 ‘° 3; 1M xIJ °; 1-38 x 
1-10; 1.39 x 1.10. 
Set XI. April 20, 1886. Tres Pinos, Califor- 
nia. Collected by J. R. C. Nest a natural hole in 
a tree. Eggs laid on dead wood and dirt at bot- 
tom of hole. Five eggs, fresh. Pinkish buff- 
ground color, speckled, spotted, and blotched 
with cinnamon-rufous; and on each egg the 
markings are heaver at the smaller end, where 
they are confluent. Quite pointed for this 
species: 1.36 x 1.08; 1.36x1.13; 1.31 x 1 . 09 - 
1.26 x 1.08; 1.29 x 1.15. 
Set XII. May 13, 1885, Riverside, California. 
Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in hole in 
tree. Four eggs, incubation advanced. Pink- 
ish buff ground color, speckled, spotted, and 
clouded with vinaeeous-cinnamon and cinna- 
mon-rufous. The markings are all heavier near 
the smaller ends: 1.28 x 1.08; 1.29 x 1.05; 1 25 
x 1.06; 1.28 x 1.09. 
Set X1IL April 16, 1886, Riverside, Califor- 
nia. Collected by YV. B. Nest in hole in dead 
cottonwood tree. Four eggs, fresh. Ground 
color creamy white to pinkish buff, speckled, 
spotted, and blotched with cinnamon-rufous. 
On three of the eggs the markings are much 
heavier at the larger ends, but the fourth has a 
wreath of heavier markings near the smaller 
end: 1.30 x 1.10; 1.32 x 1 . 11 ; 1.35 x 1 . 09 ; 1.28 
x 1.08. 
Set XIV. May 12, 1884, Los Angeles County, 
California. Four eggs. Ground color of one 
of them creamy white, speckled, spotted, and 
blotched with cinnamon-rufous, heaviest at the 
larger end. The remaining three eggs have a 
ground color of vinaceous-rufous, speckled and 
spotted with cinnamon-rufous: 1.50 x 1.10- 
1.50 x 1.08; 1.37 x 1.07; 1.38 x 1.07. 
Set XVI. April 26, 1884, Riverside, Califor- 
nia. Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in a hole 
m a large cotton tree. Four eggs. Ground color 
dull white, pinkish buff, and vinaceous-cinna- 
mon, speckled, spotted, clouded, and blotched 
with cinnamon-rufous and chestnut : 1.35 x 1.16 • 
1.34 x 1.14; 1.31 x 1.10. 
Set XVII. May 20, 1886. Tres Pinos, Cal- 
ifornia. Collected by J. R. C. Nest in natural 
hole m tree. Four eggs, fresh. Ground color 
dull white to ochraceous-buff, speckled, spotted, 
and blotched with vinaeeous-cinnamon and 
cinnamon-rufous : 1.36 x 1.10 ; 1.39 x 1 14 • 1 34 
x 1.10; 1.37x1.14. 
Set XVIII. April 1, 1881, San Diego, County, 
California. Collected by William C. Flint. 
Nest in large cavity in sycamore tree. Three 
eggs, incubation commenced. Ground color, 
dull white, speckled and spotted with cinna- 
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mon-rufous and chestnut. On two of the eggs 
the markings are heaviest at the smaller and 
larger ends respectively, while the third has a 
broad band of cinnamon-rufous near the smaller 
end : 1.29 x 1.12; 1.31 xl.15; 1. 36 x 1.14. 
Set XIX. April 16, 1866, Riverside, Califor- 
nia. Collected by W. B. Nest in hole in cot- 
tonwood tree. Five eggs, incubation begun. 
Ground color, vinaeeous-cinnamon, speckled 
and spotted with cinnamon-rufous; 1.34 x. 99; 
(very odd shaped); 1.36 xl.ll; 1.33 x 1.05; 
1.31 x 1.06; 1.38 x 1.09. 
Set XX. April 9, 1885, Riverside, California. 
Collected by E. M. Haight. Nest in a hole in 
tree, made by a woodpecker. Five eggs, incu- 
bation begun. Ground color dull white to 
pinkish buff, speckled, spotted, and blotched, 
chiefly at the larger ends, with vinaceous cin- 
namon and cinnamon-rufous: 1.24 x 1.15 ; 1.27 
xl.14; 1.28x1.15; (these three eggs are the 
most globular of any in theseries) ; 1.26 x 1.09; 
1.34 x 1.13. 
Set XXL April 26, 1879, Nicasio, California. 
Collected by Charles A. Allen. Four eggs. 
Ground color pinkish buff, speckled, spotted, 
and blotched with cinnamon-rufous. The 
markings are confluent at the larger ends in 
three of the larger eggs: 1.33 x 1.13; 1.87 x 
1.14; 1.36 x 1.11; 1.43 x 1.05. 
Set XXII. May 3, 1867. Los Angeles Coun- 
ty, California. Collected by C. N. P. Nest 
in a hollow tree. Five eggs, fresh. Ground 
color vinaeeous-cinnamon, speckled and spotted 
with cinnamon-rufous : 1.34 x 1 .13 ; 1.34 xl.ll ; 
1.35x1.12; 1.36x1.12; 1.33x1.11. ^ - 
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