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the nest. The eggs, from nine to twelve in number, resemble those 
of the common Golden-eye, but are larger. 
In my own collection I have four examples, all of them well 
identified, but all from Iceland. These vary from a grayish-green 
to a bright , sea-green ; the faded hue of the former is perhaps due to 
age and exposure. These measure 2.49 x 1.80; 2.44 x 1.74; 
2.50 x 1.85 ; 2.50 x 1.75. 
The set of seven eggs belonging to the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology at Cambridge, Mr. Allen describes to me as having a 
pale bluish-green color, or “ sea-green.” Their measurements are, 
2.60 x 1.68 ; 2.58 x 1.70 ; 2.48 X 1.70 ; 2.48 x 1.70 ; 2.45 x 1.72 ; 
2.43 x 1.70; 2.43 x 1.66. 
dulL-N.O.O. 4, July, lA7(i, j», 147 ~t6'2L. 
NOTES ON SOME MINNESOTA BIRDS. 
BY. T. S. ROBERTS. 
^ The following species have been selected for brief note at thjrf 
tinm, either because they seem to offer points of special interest, 
or be&a^se previous notices have been particularly unsatisfactory. 
So far as the writer is aware, the two varieties, Alice’s Thrush and 
Ridgway’s Sparrow, are here given from Minnesota for the first 
time. Most of the observations have been made in the vicinity of 
Minneapolis, and this locality is to be understood when no other is 
specified. 
1. Turdus swainsoni alicise. Gray-cheeked Thrush. — As was 
expected, this form, as well as swainsoni' proper, is found here. I have 
several specimens taken about Minneapolis, — the first on May IT, 1876. 
The species is a summer resident, and breeds; but is not very common, 
being much outnumbered by T. fuscescens. 
2. Coturniculus lecontei. LeConte’s Bunting. — Three regular 
notices of the occurrence here of LeConte’s Bunting have appeared; but as 
the bird is one to which much interest attaches, a fourth and perhaps fuller 
account may not be unacceptable. 
The specieXwas first secured on June 20, 1877, by Mr. C. L. Herrick. 
Between this date and August 15 of the same year five more specimens ' 
were taken, one by Mr. Herrick, two by Mr. R. S. Williams, and two by 
the writer. A brief notice of the capture of Mr. Herrick’s two specimens 
appeared at the time.* 
* Bull. Minn. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Sur., 1876, p. 237. 
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