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257'^. Harporhynchus hencUrei — Bend ire's Thrush. 



"2 eggs. A new species discovered in Arizona, in 1872, by 

 Capt. Chas. Bendire, 1st U.S. Cavalry." 



Eggs — Greyish-white, with spots and larger blotches, princi- 

 pally about the larger end, of two shades of pale reddish-brown, 

 with some lilac and lavender; measure only "96 in. by '70 in. 

 (Coues, in 'American Naturalist,' vol. vii., June, 1873, No. 6. 

 "Some U.S. Birds new to Science, and other things Ornitho- 

 logical "). (F. Egg Bk. Mus. F. and H.-B., p. 287). 



259^. HarporhyncJms curvirostris, var. palmeri — Palmer's Thrush. 

 1 egg. " Eeilleto Creek, Arizona, 2/8/72, by Capt. Bendire." 



268. Cistothorus palustris, Cab. — Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



" Eggs from different nests. Collected by M. Coe, in Middleton, 

 Conn., 3/6/72. This species breeds in marshes, weaving a nest 

 of grass in the rushes (a very bulky affair for so small a bird), 

 having a small hole in the side for ingress and egress." 



The Geog. Range — " North America, from Atlantic to Pacific ; 

 K to Greenland " (Baird). 



270. Troglodytes aedon, Vieill. — House Wren. 



" Nest of 7 eggs, taken 28 / 5 / 70, in Madison, by myself. 

 The nest was built in a box which I fastened up in a tree : they 

 will always appropriate such a convenience. They will build also 

 in a hollow stump or tree, or in some mortice in the frame of a 

 building, and they generally fill up the cavity, however large, with 

 sticks, leaving just room for the nest, which they line very warmly 

 with feathers. Eggs, usually 7. The eggs I send you are the 

 first of three sets of 7 each, which I took from the same bird on 

 25/5/70, 9 / 6 / 70, and 21 / 6 / 70. She afterwards laid another 

 set, which I allowed her to hatch." (F. Egg Bk. Mus. 

 F. and H.-B., p. 158). 



Eggs — Rich pink; minutely, and almost invisibly freckled with 

 a slightly darker shade. 



The Geog. Range — " Eastern U.S. to the Missouri, or to the 

 high central plains " (Baird). 



277. Sitta caroUnensis, Gmel. — White-bellied Nuthatch. 



" Eggs from different nests. Dates— 2 / 5 / 7-0, 18/5/70, and 



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