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broad oval form and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is of a deep blue, much speckled and blotched, 

 especially at the larger end of the egg (where the markings are 

 collected into the form of a more or less distinct zone), with, 

 chocolate or umber-brown and some underlying markings of lilac- 

 grey. They measure from -92 to 1-01 in length, and from '68 to 

 •7L in breadth. 



'2. Austin, Nevada, 3rd July {li. R'ulg- Crowlej' Bequest. 



way: Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Reno, Nevada, liOth May {K. W. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Henshaiv). 

 2. Fort Cxarlaud, Colorado, :i2ad June Salviu-Godman ColL 



{H. W. H.). 



Genus GALEOSCOPTES, Cab. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis {Linn.). 



Tardus felivox, Thien. Fortjyflanz. r/es. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 6 (184o-54). 

 JNlimus carolinensis, Lo)-d, Proc. R.A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (18651 ; 



Coues, Birds K- West, p. 8 (1874). 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Baird, Brewer c^- Ridgio. N.-Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 52 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 335 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Cat. Eiersamml. p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 106 (1903). 

 Mimus (Galeoscoptes) carolinensis, Coues, Birds Color. Vail. p. 66 



(1878). 

 Galeoscoptes bermudianus, Bangs Sf Bradlee, Auk, xviii. p. 253 (1901). 



The eggs of the Cat-bird are of a regular oval form, highly glossy, 

 and of a deep greenish-blue colour. They measure from -87 to 

 l-Q-i in length, and from '63 to *73 in breadth. 



13. North America {Henshatc Coll.). 



8. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



5. North America. 

 4. North America. 



1. British Columbia {J. K. Lord). 



1. Pembina, Dakota, 4th June {G. 



M. Dawson). 



2. 49th Parallel {G. M. D.). 



6. Princeton, New Jersey ( W. E. D. 



Scott). 

 4. Princeton, 18th Mav ( W. E. D. S.). 



3. Princeton, 27th ]Mav ( W. E. D. S.). 

 3. Princeton, 27th .AlaV ( W.E. 1). S.). 

 3. Princeton, 5th June ( 71''. E. £>. S. ) . 



3. Princeton, 9th June ( W.E. D. S.). 



4. Priuceton, 11th June (rr.-B.D.iS.). 



2. Bermuda. 

 4. Bermuda. 



6. Beruiuda (/. Boog : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



3. Mt. Langton, Bermuda, May 



{Tristram Coll.). 



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