TOXOSTOMA. 



and the markings are larger, being in the form of spots rather than 

 speckles or dots. They measure from 1-10 to P25 in length, and 

 from -80 to -88 in breadth. 



1. California (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. [California.] Crowley Bequest. 



2. Monterey, California (C. A. Cau- Crowley Bequest. 



field: Smiths. Inst.). 

 4. Sau Diego, California, loth March. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Toxostoma lecontei (Lawr.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 20.) 



Harporhynchus redivivus, var. lecontei, Baird. Brewer fy Ridgiv. N.-Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 44 (1874). 

 Harporhynchus redivivus lecontii, Cones, Birds Color. Vail. p. 70 (1878). 

 Harporhynchus lecontii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 1)61 (1881) ; 



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

 Toxostoma lecontei, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 108 (1903). 



The egg of Leconte's Thrasher from Nevada is indistinguishable 

 from examples of T. redivivum • but the clutch from S. Bernardino, 

 California, are of a brighter and clearer blue, marked with a very 

 few spots and specks of reddish brown, chiefly at the broader end of 

 the egg. These three measure respectively : 1*06 by "81 ; 1*05 

 by -8 ; 1-15 by -78 ; and the Nevada egg 1-10 by "81. 



1. Nevada. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



3. S. Bernardino, Colorado Desert, W. G. \\ right, Esq. [P.]. 



California, 15th May *. 



Toxostoma crissale {Henry). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 21.) 



Harporhynchus crissalis, Baird, Brewer # Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 47 (1874) ; Coues, Birds Color. Vail. p. 73 (1878) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. vi. p. 301 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 50 



(1899). 

 Toxostoma crissale, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 108 (1903). 



The three eggs of the Rufous-vented Thrasher in the Collection 

 are of a uniform spotless greenish-blue colour and rather glossy, 

 resemblirjg in every respect those of the next genus Melanotis, and 

 thereby differing from all others of their own genus. They measure 

 respectively : 1-01 by -81 ; 1-09 by '79 ; and 1-08 by -80. 



1. California (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



"J,. [California.] Crowley Bequest. 



* The parent birds and nest, accompanying these eggs, are now mounted in 

 the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museum. 



