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end ; while two of the eggs are so streaked and smeared with brown as 
to almost hide the groundcolor. 1.63X 1.16, 1.65 x 1.15, i.68x 1.15, 1.66 
x 1.17, 1.67 x 1.16, 1.60 x 1. 17. 
Set XXXVII. — April 30, 1891 Bradford Hills, Chester Co., Penn 
Collected by F. L. Burns. 4 eggs, but only 2 saved. Ground color pea- 
green. No. 1. Thickly spotted and blotched with olive-green and olive- 
brown. No 2. Several large shell markings of drab- and olive-grey, 
overlaid with spots and blotches of olive-green, olive-brown, and a few 
scrawls of clove-brown at small end. Ovate to elongate ovate. i.Six 
1. 21, 1.68 x 1 21. 
Set XXXVIII. — April 19, 1886. Berwyn, Chester Co., Penn. Col¬ 
lected by F. L. Burns. 4 eggs. 2 eggs light bice-green, and two light 
chromium-green, thickly speckled and spotted with olive-green, some 
olive-brown, and a few shell markings of olive-grey. Elongate ovate. 
1.80x1.17, 1.79x1.20, 1.77x1.17, 1.77x1.17. 
Set XXXIX.--April 14, 1893. Sonoma Co., Cal. Collected by Henry 
W Carriger. 5 eggs. 3 eggs light bice-green, very thickly spotted 
and blotched with olive-green and olive-brown. No. 4. Very light 
malachite-green, spotted and blotched with olive-green and olive- 
brown. No 5. Light nile-blue, with faint shell markings of mouse- 
and drab-grey, sparsely overlaid with spots of olive-green and olive- 
brown Ovate. 1.60x1.17,1.61x1.17,1.56x1.16,1.54x1.15, 1.57x1.14. 
Set XL. — May 5, 1893. Westbrook, Me. Collected by Arthur H. 
Norton. 1 egg. Pea-green, heavily blotched with olive, irregular in 
distribution, bnt chiefly at larger end ; also pencilings and spots of black 
at large end. 1.78 x 1.22. 
Set XLI.—April 10, 1886. Valley Forge, Montgomery Co., Penn. 
Collected by F. L. Burns. 5 eggs. No. 1. Chromium-green, a few 
shell markings of olive- and mouse-grey, overlaid with olive-green, olive- 
and clove-brown. No. 2. Light bice-green, marked heavier than the 
above with the same colors. No. 3. Pea-green, same as the above, but 
has a more streaky appearance. Nos. 4 and 5. Lightest possible tint of 
glaucous-green, with colors of No. 1 in streaks and dashes, pattern 
rather indistinct. Elongate ovate, 175x1.11, 1.74x1.11, 1.64x1.11, 
1.74 x 1.13, i.68x 1.06. 
Set XLII. — April 20, 1889. Berwyn, Chester Co., Penn. Collected by 
F. L. Burns. 5 eggs. A very pretty set. 2 eggs light chromium-green, 
with shell markings of mouse-, drab- and olive-grey, confluent at larger 
end in one and at smaller end in the other ; overlaid with olive-green and 
olive-brown. Where the grey clusters thickest it is overlaid with small 
spots and scrawls of clove-brown. Nos. 3 and 4. Ligkt glacous-green. 
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