. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Short-billed Marsh Wren. Carolina Wren. the flycatchers, the nest of the phcebe ismost concealed, at least from above, andher eggs are white, while those of nearly allthe other species are more or less tinted andmarked. The eggs of the humming-bird arewhite, but the diminutiveness of their recep-tacle is a sufficient concealment. Anotherwhite egg is that of the kingfisher, depositedupon fish-bones at the end of a hole in thebank eight or nine feet long. The bank swal-low also lays white eggs, as does the chimneyswallow, the white-bellied swallow, an
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . Short-billed Marsh Wren. Carolina Wren. the flycatchers, the nest of the phcebe ismost concealed, at least from above, andher eggs are white, while those of nearly allthe other species are more or less tinted andmarked. The eggs of the humming-bird arewhite, but the diminutiveness of their recep-tacle is a sufficient concealment. Anotherwhite egg is that of the kingfisher, depositedupon fish-bones at the end of a hole in thebank eight or nine feet long. The bank swal-low also lays white eggs, as does the chimneyswallow, the white-bellied swallow, and thepurple martin. The eggs of the barn swallowand cliff swallow are more or less England the kingfisher (smaller and muchmore brilliantly colored than ours), wood-peckers, the bank swallow, the swift, the wry-neck (related to the woodpecker), and thedipper also lay white eggs. A marked exception to the above rule isfurnished by the eggs of the Baltimore oriole,perhaps the most fantastically marked of allour birds eggs. One wou
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