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Genus SIURUS, Swains. 



Siurus auricapillus {Linn.'). 



(Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Seiurus aurocapillus, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 70 (1874) ; Baird, Breicer 



Sf Bidgio. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 280 (1874). 

 Siurus auricapillus, Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 144 



(1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 339 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 89 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 112 (1906). 



The eggs of the Golden-crowned Water-Thrush are of a very broad 

 and blunt oval shape and but verj- slightl)' glossy. They are white, 

 spotted and blotched, more densely at the broad end -where the 

 markings are more or less confluent and form a cap, with pale rufous, 

 reddish-brown, lilac-red and purplish-grey, all these colours being 

 usually combined on one egg. They measure from "78 to 'So in 

 length, and from -6 to "Go in breadth. 



6. North America {Henshmu Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America [Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. North America {T. M. Bretver : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C.J. Princeton University, N.J. 



Pennock). [E.]. 



3. Hvde Park, Massachusetts, 29th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5lay.. [P.]. 



Siurus motacilla {Vieill.). 



Seiurus ludovicianus, Baird, Brewer S,- Ridgiu. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 287 



(1874) ; Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 72 (1874). 

 Siurus motacilla, Coites, Birds Color. Valley, p. 299 (1878) ; Salv. 8f Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p.l47 (1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



X. p. 342 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 89 (1899) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 112 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Louisiana Water-Thrush are inseparable from 

 many of the eggs of S. auncapillus. They measure "8 b}' 'GS. 



1. North America (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Raleigh, North Carolina, 14th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Siurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). 



Seiurus noveboracensis. Boss, Canad. Nat. vii. p. 145 (1862) ; id., Nat. 

 Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 279 ; Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 71 (1874) ; Baird, 

 Bretcer &,- Ridgto. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 283 (1874). 



Sim-US noveboracensis, Salv. S,- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 145 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 112 (1906). 



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