Dull pea-green. No. 3, regularly and sparsely covered with hair-, wood- 
and clove-brown markings. No. 4 has the appearance of being smeared 
with clove- and olive-brown about larger end ; remainder of egg unspott¬ 
ed. with the exception of some minute dots of the same colors The sur¬ 
face of this egg is rough and ridgy. Ovate. 1.68x1.20, 1.62x1.21, 1.59 
xi.18, 1.71 x 1.16. (Described by F. L. Burns.) 
Set XXXII. — April 6, 1892. Weaverville, N. C. Collected by I. S. 
Cairns. 5 eggs. From light malachite- to light glaucous-green. 3 eggs 
thickly spotted with olive-green and clove-brown, but the ground color 
showing prominently. No. 4. Shell markings of olive-grey, very sparsely 
spotted with olive-green. No. 5. Mouse-grey shell markings, very num¬ 
erous about smaller end ; with a sprinkling of clearly defined spots of 
olive-green. Ovate. 1.60x1.14, 1.57x1.14, 1.60x1.12, 1.57x1.09, 1.52 
x 1.13. (Described by F. L. Burns.) 
Set XXXIII — April 6, 1893. Weaverville, N C. Collected by 1 . S 
Cairns. 5 eggs. From a light glaucous-green to a pale pea-green. Rather 
sparsely spotted and blotched with olive-green and olive-brown, some 
mouse-grey markings appearing beneath. Ovate. 1.68x1.21, 1.69 x 
119. 1.69x1 18, 1.65x1.19. 1.59x1.17. (Described by F. L. Burns.) 
Set XXXIV. — May 22, 1892. Meeker Co.. Minn. Collected by Her¬ 
man Hershey. 5 eggs. Malachite-green. Nos. 1 and 2, have shell mark¬ 
ings of mouse-grey and cinereous, almost completely overlaid with 
blotches and longitudinal streaks of olive-green, sage-green, and a few 
minute markings of clove-brown noticeable at larger ends. Nor. 3, 4 
and 5 Numerous shell markings of mouse-grey and cinereous, distinct 
and not overlaid Kith color ; spotted and blotched with olive-green, olive- 
brown, and clove-brown in larger spots than on first two eggs. Ovate. 
1.65x1.17, 1.61x1.18, 1.55x1.17, 1.54x1.16, 1.60x1.20. (Described by 
F. L. Burns.) 
Set XXXV April 1, 1893. Coffevville, Kan Collected by George 
N. Upham. 5 eggs. Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Right green, streaked with olive- 
green and olive-brown No. 4. Light green, blotched at larger end, 
especially with dirty brownish-green. No. 5. Light bluish-green, thickly 
spotted at large end with olive-green and lilac ; the remainder of the egg 
spotted with lilac shell markings. I never saw a Crow egg like it ; it 
looks like a Magpie’s egg. The last two eggs measure 1.77x1.24, 1 75X 1.15 
Set XXXVI. May 2. 1885. Weed Co.. Colo. Collected by Frederick 
M Dille. 6 eggs Bright light-green, but marked in such various pat¬ 
terns and degrees of intensity as to produce quite a variation in the set 
One of the eggs is marked throughout with large dark spots ; another 
with smaller blotches of two shades of brown, gathered around larger 
