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 Jan., 191(} ABNORMAL BIRDS' EGGS 17 distribution of markings and ground tint of the four specimens taken by me, were almost exactly like spotted eggs of the Indigo Bunting that were collected by the writer during the same season. The Goldfinches' were smaller than the Indigo Fig. 9. EGG OF CALIFORNIA MURRE, ABNORMAL IN SHAPE Bunting's, but otherwise the similarity of one set to the other was so great as to be easily notist by any collector. The Indigo Bunting's referred to are shown in Fig. 10. A SET OF SPOTTED EGGS OF TliE INDIGO BUNTING; COWBIRD'S EGG AT RIGlIT figure 10 (also a Cowbird's egg that belongs to the set). They were collected at Ithaca, N.Y., June 17, 1879. I have not seen any other spotted examples of either species since that remote date