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broad oval form and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is of a deep blue, much speckled and blotched, 

 especially at the larger end of the egg (where the markings are 

 collected into the form of a more or less distinct zone), with 

 chocolate or umber-brown and some underlying markings of lilac- 

 grey. They measure from "92 to l'Ol in length, and from '68 to 

 •71 in breadth. 



2. Austin, Nevada, 3rd July {JR. Ridg- 



wag : Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Reno, Nevada, 20th May (H. W. 



Henshaw). 

 2. Fort Garland, Colorado, '22nd June 



(H. W. H.). 



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Genus GALE0SC0PTES, Cab. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis {Linn.). 



Tardus felivox, Thien. FortpJJanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 6 (1845-54). 

 Mimus carolinensis, Lord, Proc. R.A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865); 



Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 8 (1874). 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Baird, Brewer &• Ridi/iv. N.-Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 52 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 335 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Cat. Eiersamrnl. p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 106 (1903). 

 Mimus (Galeoscoptes) carolinensis, Coues, Birds Color. Vail. p. 56 



(1878). 

 Galeoscoptes bermudianus, Bangs Sf Bradlee, Auk, xviii. p. 253 (1901). 



The eggs of the Cat-bird are of a regular oval form, highly glossy, 

 and of a deep greenish-blue colour. They measure from "87 to 

 1-04 in length, and from '63 to '73 in breadth. 



13. North America {Henshaw Coll.). 



8. North America [Smiths. Inst.). 



5. North America. 



4. North America. 



1. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). 



1. Pembina, Dakota, 4th June (G. 



M. Daioson). 



2. 49th Parallel (G.M.B.). 



5. Princeton, New Jersey ( TV. E. D. 



Scott). 

 4. Princeton, 18th May ( W. E. D. S.). 



3. Princeton, 27th May ( IV. E. D. S.). 

 3. Princeton, 27th May ( W. E. D. S.). 

 3. Princeton, 5th June ( W.E.D. S.\. 



3. Princeton, 9th J une ( W. E. D. S. ) . 



4. Princeton, 11th June (W.E.D.S.). 



2. Bermuda. 

 4. Bermuda. 



6. Bermuda (J. Booq : Tristram 



Coll.). 



3. Mt. Langton, Bermuda, May 



(Tristram Coll.). 



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