88 



Toxostoina curvirostre (Swains.). 

 (Plate lY. tig. 19.) 



Harporhjmclius curvirostris, JBaird, Brewer ^ Ridyiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. 

 p. 41 (1874) ; Siilv. 4" Godni. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 32 

 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 358 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersaviml. p. 49 (1899). 



Toxostoma curvirostre, iSharjie, Hand-l. iv. p. 107 (1903). 



Eggs of the Grey Curve-biUed Thrasher have the general character 

 of those of T. rufum and its allies, but difier from them in the 

 much more conspicuous and decided greenish-blue tint of their 

 ground and in the finer and lighter nature of the speckling, which 

 in the form of minute reddish-brown dots is evenly distributed 

 over their whole surface. But there are apparently exceptions to 

 this type, in which there exists a decided zone or cap at the larger 

 end, formed of a brighter and much denser gathering of the spots : 

 a large proportion of the ten eggs of the Crowley Bequest (from 

 Texas) are of this exceptional torm, and much handsomer than 

 the ordinary eggs. The average measurements are 1"11 by 'TS, 



2. Mexico {A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Matamoras, Mexico {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Matamoras {Lt. Couch: Henshaw Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 

 4. Tampico, Mexico, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Oaxaca, Mexico. C. G. Rickards, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Texas [Lt. Couch: Smiths. Inst.). Crowley Bequest. 

 10. Texas {Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Toxostoma palmeri {Corns). 



Ilarporhynchus curvirostris, var. palmeri, Baird, Bretuer S)~ Ridgw. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 43 (1874). 

 Harporhynchus palmeri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 359 (1881) ; 



'Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 50 (1899). 

 Toxostoma palmeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The single egg of Palmer's Curve-billed Thrasher in the Collection 

 is exactly like tlie typical eggs of T. curvirostre already described. 

 It measures 1*12 by '77. 



1. Tucson, Arizona, 16th May. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Toxostoma redivivum (Gambel). 



Ilarporhynchus redivivus, Baird, Brewer S,- Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 45 (1874) ; Sharpie, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 360 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 50 (1899). 

 Toxostoma redivivum, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The eggs of the California Thrasher in the Collection resemble 

 those of T. curvirostre, but the ground-colour is decidedly bluer 



