Feb. 1889.] 



AXD OOLOGIST. 



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Polioptila cceridea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 

 Summer visitor; common. Xest from the fif- 

 teenth of May until the end of June. Ari-ives 

 usiuilly the first or second of April. 



Turdux tmistplinuH. Wood Thrush. Sum- 

 mer visitor; common. Arrives early in April. 

 Nests usually the 1st or 2d week in May. Range 

 about 5,000 feet up. 



TiirduH fuHcei^renK. Wilson's Thrush. Sum- 

 mer visitor; common al)ove M,r)00 feet. Xests 

 early in May. 



Tiirdtis alicke hirknclU. Bicknell's Thrush. 

 Specimen shot at Black Mountain in August 

 1.S85 or ISSO; am not sure as I can not find the 

 date. 



Mfrnla nn(/rntorta. American Robin. Res- 

 ident; breeds abundantly on the higher moun- 

 tains. 



Sialin siaU.'i. Bluebird. Resident; abundant. 

 Range (),000 feet, on Craggy Mountain. Xests 

 as early as the fifteenth <)f March. 



John S. Cairns. 



A Series of Eggs of Bendire's 

 Thrasher. 



The eggs of Bendire's Thrasher {Ilarj/nrhyn- 

 rlnis hendirei) are very odd in their coloring, and 

 the only species whose eggs they resemble is 

 the St. Lucas Thrasher (//. rinrrpus). It is 

 believed that the present series, now before me, 

 exhibits all the variations in size and markings 

 to which tliey are subject: 



Set I. June 4th, 1S8S. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in Tasaca, 

 on the Rillito, near Fort Lowell. Three eggs, 

 fresh, greenish-white, spotted witli ecru drab: 

 l.OJx.To; l.OOx.TC): 1.0l'x.7"). 



Set II. June 4th, ISSS. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in Tasaca, 

 lined with fibrous roots and wool. Three eggs, 

 fresh, greenish-white, marked all over with 

 very faint spots of ecru drab: 1.04 x. 74: 1.0;) 

 x.7r»; 1.0:^x.76. 



Set III. May 2i)th, 1S87. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in cholla, 

 east of Tucson. Three eggs, greenish-white, 

 marked with longitudinal spots of ecru drab: 

 1.01 X. 78: 1.04X.71; 1.0:5 x. 72. 



Set IV. March 27th, ISSfi. Pima Indian 

 Agency, Pinal County, Arizona. Collected for 

 R. S. Wheeler. Nest a layer of twigs, etc., 

 lined with coarse grasses, placed in a cholla 

 cactus, about four feet from the giound. 

 Three eggs, fresh, greenish-white, marked 

 all over with longitudinal spots of ecru drab: 

 1.01 x.76: .08x.71: .98x.fi9. 



Set v. June 1st, 1888. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest taken from 

 estecila on the Rillito, three miles north of 

 Tucson. Three eggs, incubation slight, green- 

 nisli-white, spotted with ecru drab. On one of 

 the eggs the markings are all over the surface, 

 but on the other two they are principally 

 grouped near the larger ends: 1.04 x. 74; 1.08- 

 X. 75;. 98 X. 73. 



Set VI. April 5th, 1885. Near Tucson, Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in 

 low bushy cholla near the Fort Lowell road, 

 about one mile east of Tucson. Three eggs, 

 greenish-white, spotted with ecru drab: .95- 

 X.74; .96X.75; .99x.74. 



SetVII. April :]d, 188(5. Pima Indian Agen- 

 cy, Pinal County, Arizona. Collected by Ros- 

 well S. Wheeler. Nest a large platform of 

 twigs, lined with grasses, placed in a thicket, 

 about four feet from the ground. Three eggs, 

 fresli, greenish-white, marked with longitu- 

 dinal spots of ecru drab: l.l;5x.77; 1.08 x. 78; 

 l.OOx.79. 



Set V^III. June 7th, 1872. Tucson, Arizona. 

 This set possesses peculiar interest as it was 

 collected by Captain Charles E. Bendire, U. S. 

 A., who discovered this Thrasher, and after 

 whom it was named by Dr. Cones. I copy 

 from the data accompanying the set, which is 

 in Captain Bendire's handwriting: "Nest 

 placed in a thick mesquite bush, about two 

 and a half feet from the ground, near Rillito 

 Creek, Tucson, Arizona, June 7tli, 1872. The 

 nest resembles those of the balance of Harpor- 

 hynrhi, and is large for the size of the bird. 

 The egg of //. cinereus (Xantus) from Cape St. 

 Lucas resembles these. Three eggs are the 

 usual number found in a nest. This set has 

 been sat on for a week or ten days. Found by 

 myself."' Creenish- white, marked with small 

 longitudinal spots of ecru drab: .99x.72: 

 1.08X.78; 1.08 x .78. 



Set IX. March 25th, 1888. On Mesa east of 

 Tucson, Arizona. Collected by Herbert Brown. 

 Nest in Tasaca cholla, four feet from ground. 

 External diameter of top seven inches, depth 

 four inches. Cavity, top three and a half inches, 

 bottom two and a half inches, depth two and a 

 half inches. Three eggs, incubation partial. 

 (Treenish-white, spotted with ecru drab, and a 

 few traces of lavender-gray : . 97 x . 78 ; .92 x . 70 : 

 .98X.71. 



Set X. April 22d, 1888. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Xest in Tasaca 

 cholla three and a half feet above the ground. 

 Made of twigs, and lined with dried grass. 

 Out.side, top five and three quarter inches, 



