88 MIMID.H. 



Toxostoma curvirostre (Swains.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 19.) 



Harporhvnckus curvirostris, Baird, Brewer *Y Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 

 p. 41 (1874); Salv. fy Godm. Biol. Cent/-.- A ma-., Aves, i. p. 32 

 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 368 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 49 (1899). 



Toxostoma curvirostre, Sharpe, Hand-/, iv. p. 107 (1903). 



Eggs of the Grey Curve-billed Thrasher have the general character 

 of those of T. rufum and its allies, but differ from them in the 

 much more conspicuous and decided greenish-blue tint of their 

 ground and in the liner and lighter nature of the speckling, which 

 in the form of minute reddish-brown dots is evenly distributed 

 over their whole surface. But there are apparently exceptions to 

 this type, in which there exists a decided zone or cap at the larger 

 end, formed of a brighter and much denser gathering of the spots : 

 a large proportion of the ten eggs of the Crowley Bequest (from 

 Texas) are of this exceptional form, and much handsomer than 

 the ordinary eggs. The average measurements are I'll by "78. 



2. Mexico {A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Matamoras, Mexico (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Matamoras (Lt. Couch: Htnshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Tampico, Mexico, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Oaxaca, Mexico. I '. ( f. Kickards, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Texas (Lt. Couch: Smiths. Inst.). Crowley Bequest. 



10. Texas (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Toxostoma palmeri (Coues). 



Ilarporhynchus curvirostris, var. palmeri, Baird, Brewer $• Bulgx-. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 43 (1S74). 

 Harporhynckus palmeri, Sharpe, Cut. Birds II. M. vi. p. 359 (1881); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 50 (1899). 

 Toxostoma palmeri, Sharpe, Hand-L iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The single egg of Palmer's Curve-billed Thrasher in the Collection 

 is exactl) like the typical eggs of T. curvirostre already described. 

 It measures 1*12 by 77. 



1. Tucson, Arizona, 16th May. W. Badcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



P0- 



Toxostoma redivivum (Qambel). 



Harporhynckus redivivus, Baird, Brewer \ "Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 45 (1874); Sharpe, Cut. Birds Jl. M. vi. p. 360 (1881); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. •">(> ( 1899). 

 T sostoma redivivum, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The eggs of the California Thrasher in the Collection resemble 

 those of T. curvirostre, but the ground-colour is decidedly bluer 



