large blotches at larger end. ground color very prominent. 1.74x1.20, 
1.70 x 1.20, 1.66 x 1.20, 1.66 x 1.19, 1.65 x 1.16, 1.65 x 1.15. Eggs uniformly 
ovate, a very little elongate. 
Set XIV. — April 25, 1892. Oberlin. Ohio. Collected by Lynds Jones. 
5 eggs Type specimen very light nile-blue. with a few small markings 
of wood-brown and lavender, these very heavily overlaid with great 
blotches of wood- and hair-brown in about equal quantity and size. Many 
of these blotches are .zox .60. There are three eggs of this type. No. 4. 
Much the same but the blotches are smaller and more indefinite. No. 5. 
Very much lighter, with very few small markings or large blotches except 
at larger end ; and with more lilac shell blotches, sparsely and evenly 
distributed Nos. t to 4 are almost ovate pyriform, while No. 5 is almost 
elongate ovate. 1.79x1.19, 1.74x1.20, 1.73x120, 1.72x1.20, 1.71x1.19. 
Set XV. — April 30, 1891. Yakima Co., Wash. Collected by W. L. 
Dawson 3 eggs Light nile-blue. Type, evenly distributed dots and 
spots of wood-brown and blotches of same and hair-brown, sparsely 
sprinkled with black dots, all markings having clear-cut edges, and the 
ground color conspicuous. Nos. 2 and 3 Much more heavily marked 
with a uniform wood-brown, these markings having a streaky appearance, 
looking as if they had been rubbed from large end down while still 
damp ; this peculiar pattern is confined to the middle regions. No. 2 has 
a large triangular and several small irregular lines of dark clove-brown 
immediately above the pole of the large end. No. 3 has only faint traces 
of the color in a few indefinite lines and spots over the entire egg. No. 4. 
Very sparsely with small and indefinitely defined markings of wood 
brown, with black dots scattered evenly over the egg, and a great irregu¬ 
lar broken raised blotch of black on larger end, which looks like dried 
tar No 5 is very evenly marked with well defined but small blotches of 
lavender under the wood-brown, giving it a clean freckled appearance. 
1.73x1.20. 1.61x1.19. 1 60x1.18, 1.62x1.22. 1 57x1.19. (Described by 
Lynds Jones.) 
Set XVI April 14. 1886. Valley Forge, Montgomery Co., Pa. Collected 
bv F L Burns. 4 eggs. Palest possible tint of glaucous-green. No. 1. 
Regularly, almost completely over-laid with olive-green, heaviest at larger 
end ; a few specks of clove-brown noticeable. No. 2. Regularly spotted 
and blotched with olive-green, heaviest at smaller end, a few specks of 
clove-brown and some olive-grey shell markings noticeable. No. ^ has 
the most olive-grey shell markings of any of the set. It is lightly spotted 
and blotched with olive-green No. 4 is similar to No. 3, but more spar¬ 
ingly marked. This set gradates from heavy to light markings Ovate. 
1.54 x 1.12, 1.59 x 1.15, 1.51 x 1.11, 1.53 x 1.13. 
