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depth five inches. Inside, top three and a 

 half inches, depth three and a quarter inches. 

 Bottom rounded. Four eggs, incubation slight. 

 Greenish-white, spotted with ecru drab and 

 fawn color. The spots are much closer and 

 heavier near the larger ends : 1.0.5x.74; 1.07 

 X.74; 1.06 X. 74; 1.02 x. 7:5. 



Set XI. April 2d, 1888. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in top of 

 cholla, two feet above the ground. Made of 

 dried grass, lined with bark. Four eggs, fresh, 

 greenish- white, si)otted with ecru drab: 1.0(i 

 x.7(); 1.04X.75; 1.07 x. 70; 1.07 x. 70. 



Set XII. May 12th, 1888. Tucscm, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Xest placed in 

 Tasaca cholla, forty inches from ground. Dia- 

 meter across top seven inches, depth six inches. 

 Top of cavity three and three-ijuarter inches, 

 bottom three inches. Lined with grass, hair 

 and wool. Four eggs, fresh, greenish-white, 

 marked witli large spots (fen- this species.) 

 Tlie markings are of ecru drab and fawn color 

 and are mucli furtlier apart tlian usual on eggs 

 of this bird: 1.04x.77: 1.02x.7(i: l.o;!x.70; 

 1.02X.76. 



Set XIII. .lune 4th, 1888. Tucson, Arizona, 

 f Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in Tasaca, 

 on the north side of Killitt), four miles from 

 Fort Ijowell. Made of sticks, lined with grass. 

 Three eggs, incubation partial. Greenish- 

 white, spotted with lavender-gray, ecru drab, 

 and fawn color. Two of the eggs are much 

 more heavily marked than the tliird: I.O.")x.78: 

 1.0.-) X. 77; 1.07 X. 70. 



Set XIV. Marcli 25th, 1888. Tiu^son. Ari- 

 zona. Nest in Tasaca, three and a half feet from 

 the ground. Made of sticks, lined with grass 

 and hair. Two eggs, incnbatioii partial. 

 Greenish-white, spotted with ecru drab and 

 fawn color: 1.02 x .70; .98 x .7:5. 



Set XV. May 27th, 1888. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in Tasaca, 

 «m plain east of Tucscm. (This nest is now in the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., to 

 which it was presented by Mr. Brown.) Four 

 eggs, incubation slight. Greenisji-white, spot- 

 ted (almost at the larger ends) with fawn color 

 and lavender-gray. The ground color of this 

 set is of a much deeper tint of greenish white 

 than that of any other eggs in tlie series: 

 .i)0x.75; .90X.70: .94x.78: .92x.70 (a short, 

 blunt, set). 



Set XVI. April 20th, 188S. Tucson. Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest 

 taken from the south side of cholla. Better 

 made than common, the twigs used in its con- 

 struction being of uniform length. Four eggs. 



incubation light. Greenish-white (a much more 

 decided greenish than common for this species), 

 spotted with fawn color and lavender-gray: 

 1.07 X .78; 1.09 x .78; l.O.") x .77; 1.09 x .77. (Next 

 to set XV these eggs have the greenest ground 

 color of any in the series.) 



Set XVII. May 21st, 1887. Near Tucson, 

 Arizona. f'oUected by Herbert Brown. Nest 

 in Tasaca, about seven miles north of Tucson. 

 Po(nly constructed. Three eggs, greenish- 

 white, spotted with ecru drab: 1.0;^x.78: 1.04 

 X.78; 1.00 x. 79. 



Set XVIII. March 18th, 1888. Tucson, Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in 

 Tasaca. Outside made of .lediondia twigs, 

 lined with feathers, horse hair, and grass. 

 Three eggs, fresh, greenish-white, spotted 

 with ecru drab, fawn color, and lavender-gray. 

 1.02 X. 70; 1.01 X.76; 1.03x.7r). 



Set XIX. March 18th, 1888. Tucson, Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in 

 Tasaca; made of dead thorn twigs, lined with 

 grass, etc. Tliree eggs, incubation light, 

 (xreenish-wliite. sj)otted with lavender-gray, 

 ecru drab, and fawn color: I.OC) x .77; l.or) x .77; 

 I.OOx .79. 



Set XX. April 10th, 1887. Tucson, Arizona. 

 Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest in red 

 cholla. Made of coarse tliorn twigs and lined 

 with grass, and one hawk's feather in the bot- 

 tom. Three eggs, partly incubated, (iretnish- 

 white, marked with large longitudinal spots of 

 lavender-gray and fawn color. There is more 

 lavender-gray on this set of eggs than any on 

 others of the series, and the spots are larger: 

 1.01 x.74; 1.01 x.74; .99x.72. 



Set XXI. March 27th, 1880. Pima Indian 

 Agency, Pinal County, Arizona. ('oUected for 

 R. S. Wheeler. Nest a mass of twigs forming 

 a platform in a cholla cactus, about four feet 

 from the ground, and lined with grasses, etc. 

 Two eggs, greenish-white, s])otted with lav- 

 ender-gray and fawn color: .97 x. 7"); 1.02 x.74. 



Set XXll. April 2d, 1888. Tucson, Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown, Nest in 

 cholla four feet from the ground Made of 

 dead twigs and dried grass. External diameter, 

 top six inches, depth five inches. Inside cav- 

 ity, top three and a half inches, depth two and 

 a lialf inches. Three eggs, greenish-white, 

 heavily spotted (for this species) with lavejider- 

 gray, fawn color and russet: 1.07 x. 70; l.Ofix 

 .75; 1.00 X .7-'"). 



Set XXll I. April 20th, 1888. Tucson, Ari- 

 zona. Collected by Herbert Brown. Nest on 

 limb of mesciuite tree, about eight feet from 

 the grountl. Made of th<nn twigs lined with 



