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at largo end. No. 5. Lighter than first three eggs, sparsely spotted and 
blotched with olive-green, except at larger end where they cluster to¬ 
gether. There is one large blotch of mouse-grey at larger end, entirely 
concealing the ground color. Some blotches of cinereous are scattered 
over the surface. No. 6. Darker than the first three eggs, blotched 
and spotted with clove-brown and olive-green. First three eggs resemble 
each other closely, the remaining three are entirely different from one 
another, and from the first three eggs. 1.65x1.07, 1.64x1.08, 1.64x1.11, 
1.60x1.09, 1.47x1.11. (6th egg broken.) 
Set XXII. — April 17, 1892. Lansingburgh. N. V. Collected by Harvey 
C. Campbell. 5 eggs. 4 eggs light sea-green, thickly clouded with small 
markings of olive-green, olive-brown and mouse-grey. No. 5. Pale 
bluish, marked sparingly with olive-green, bistre, cinereous, and several 
minute dots of lilac-grey. 1.68x1.12, 1.66x1.16, 1.58x1.11, 1.55x1.10, 
i 55 x 1.11. 
Set XXIII May 2. 1892, Centre Rutland, Vt. Collected by Wait C. 
Johnson. 2 eggs. No. 1. Light sea-green, spotted with dark-brown. 
No. 2. Rather unique ; light olive-green, with few spots at small end, but 
the ground color on large end almost obscured by blotches of deep brown, 
almost black. Three of these blotches are about the size of dimes. 1.62 
x 1.12, 1.70 x 1.19. 
Set XXIV'. April 16, 1893. Boone Co., Iowa. Collected by Carl Fritz 
Henning. 5 eggs. This is a pretty set and shows a variety of markings. 
One egg is light sea-green, heavily blotched at larger end with light-brown, 
olive-brown and umber. No. 5 is a darker egg, blotched all over the 
larger end with dark and olive-green, and dotted with umber and black. 
1'he remaining three eggs are between the light and dark ground colors, 
heavily marked over the entire eggs with brown and umber. 1.67 x 1. i<>, 
1.71x1.15. 1.60x1.17, 1.70X 1.13, 1.68x1.17. 
Set XXV. May 12, 1893. St. Paul, Minn. Collected by Walton 
Mitchell 6 eggs. Five eggs light sea-green, heavily spotted with brown 
and purple ; one egg light blue, one large blotch of brown and a few 
purple markings on the large end. 1.56x1.20, 1.60x1.27, 1.60x1.27, 
1.62x1.30, 1.62x1 29, 1.65x1.30. 
Set XXVI. April 10, 1886. Tredyflim Twp., Chester Co.. Penn. 
Collected by F L Burns. 5 eggs No. 1. Malachite-green, spotted 
and blotched with olive-green and olive-brown. No. 2. Chromium- 
green, marked similarly to No. 1 ; a few shell markings of drab-grey 
noticeable No \ Light glaucous-green, with a few shell markings 
of drab-grey ; spotted and blotched with olive-green, olive-brown, and a 
few small spots and dashes of clove-brown at large end over all. No. 4. 
