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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 

 Oology of North American Passeres — Continued.. 



Families, genera, etc. 



1. TYRANNID.3E— continued. 



Myiozetetex texensis 



Myiodynastes luteiventris 

 Myiarchus 



Sayomis — 

 Contopus - . . 

 Empidonaz . 



Not given 



Not given 



Eggs scratched and snarled, hut 

 chiefly scrawled lengthwise with 

 dark brown in close and intri- 

 cate pattern. 



Eggs, white (s parse h dotti 

 fusca). 



(1; S. 



Eggs spotted 



Pyrocephalus r. mexicanus 



Omithion imberbe. . . 



2. OSCINES. 



Laniidce 



Ampelidce 



Hirundinidce . 



Alaudidce — 

 Otocoris. 



Gerthiidce . 



Motadllidce — 

 Motacilla 



Sylviidce — 

 Keyulvn. 



Eggs spotted (/'.'. flaviventrit) or 



white (E. minimus) ; also E. ob- 

 seurus, where they are 3-4 and 

 large. 



Not given 



Nest and eggs unknown . 



Eggs 4-6; speckled . 



Eggs spotted; (narrow and elon 

 gate; 3-6. A. cedrorum). 



Eggs pure white, unmarked : hi<l<> 

 proene bicolor, Tachycineta tha- 

 lasiina, Gotile riparia, Stelgidop- 

 teryx serripennis, Progne subis. 

 Eggs thickly speckled ; Hirundo 

 horreorum, Petrochelidon luni- 

 front. 



Eggs very variable iii tone, but 

 always profusely and heavily 

 marked with brownish-gray, or 

 dark stone-gray, upon a grayish 

 or greenish white ground'; in 

 some eases the whole surface 

 nearly uniform. 



Lay numerous white speckled 

 eggs (p. 272). 



[Tireo.) Eggs white, spotted (p 



330). 



l'oliiijitiltl 



Ccerebidce 



Eggs 4-ti, very dark colored 



Eggs 6-10; fully speckled 



Eggs 4-5; fully speckled 

 Not given 



Ridgway. 



Eggs unknown. 



Not given. 



Eggs 3-6, curiously marked with 

 line penlines ami intricate pen- 

 cilings of black anil various 

 shades of rich purplish-brown 

 over a hutfy or creamy brown. 



Eggs 3-6. pure white, sometimes 

 finely but sparsely speckled 

 round larger end with dark 

 brownish. 



Eggs 2-4, pale cream-color, hand- 

 somely wreathed round larger 

 end with spots of rich brown and 

 lilac-gray or lavender. 



Descriptions of eggs of the diffi- 

 cult genus practically agree 

 with those given by Dr. Cones: 

 E. acadious eggs 2-4; creamy 

 white, spotted chiefly on larger 

 end. 



Eggs 2-4, pale olive bull', or dull 

 Duffy (rarely nearly white), 

 boldly and heavily spotted, 

 chiefly in wreaths around larger 

 end or near middle, with dark 

 vandyke-brown or brownish- 

 black and purplish-gray. 



Not given. 



Eggs 4-7, dull whitish, spotted 

 with light brown or olive. 



Eggs 3-5, pale dull bluish or pale 

 purplish-gray, spotted and dot ted 

 with dark brown, black and 

 purplish. 



Agrees with Cones. 



Eggs 3-5, pale olive, pale dull 

 burly, dull olive, wnitish, etc.; 

 finely but usually densely 

 speckled or sprinkled with 

 olive brown (rarely pale cinna- 

 mon-buff, speckled with cinna- 

 mon rusty). 



Eggs 5-0. white or creamy white, 

 speckled or spotted, chiefly on 

 or round the larger end. with 

 reddish-brown. 



Eggs white, usually more or less 

 dotted, or sparsely speckled 

 round larger end with brown or 

 blackish. 



Eggs 3-5, whitish, thickly speckled 



with brown. 

 Eggs with pale ground color, but 



the dense speckling of brown 



gives nearly a uniform brown to 



the whole shell. 



Eggs 5-10, whitish or buffy, mi- 

 nutely freckled with brown 

 (sometimes apparently immacu- 

 late); 



(Certhiola.) Eggs 2-4, white or 

 buffy white, finely speckled or 

 sprinkled chiefly on larger end 

 with umber brown. 



