1 7() SYLVIIDiE. 



Sialia occidentalis, Towns. 



Sialia mexicana, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 65, part. 

 (1874); Coiws, Birds Colorado Fall. p. 80, part. (1878); Sale. S,- 

 Godm. Bioi. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 47, part. (1879). 



Sialia occidentalis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 332 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kut. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 184 (1903). 



Eggs of the Western Blue-bird in the Collection vary from - 76 to 

 '87 in length, and from -63 to *69 in breadth. 



3. British Columbia (J. K Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm.[P.]. 



2. California, 2nd June. W. Radclirl'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Sialia arctica, Swains. 



Sialia arctica, Lord, Proc. li. A. Inst. Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865) ; Baird, 

 Brewer \ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 67 (1874) ; Coues, Hints 

 N.-West, p. 14 (1874) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 333 (1881); 

 Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899); Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 184 

 (1903). 



The size of the eggs of the Rocky Mountain Blue-bird in the 

 Collection, varies from *8 to - 9 in length, and from -63 to '69 in 

 breadth. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. British Columbia (J. K Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. [P.]. 

 3. Silver City, New Mexico, lOtii June. W. Badcliffo Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Family SYLYIID.E. 



Genus AGROBATES, Swains. 



Agrobates galactodes (Temm.). 



Sylvia galactodes. Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vbg. p. 205, tab. xxi. fig. 4, a, 

 b, e, part. (1845 54); Seebohm, Cat. /lints B. M. v. p. ."I (1881); 

 id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 418, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. B</>/s of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 206, pi. 53. fig. 2 (1896). 



Aedon galactodes, Baedeker, Bier Bar. Vog. tab. 1'.'. fig. 22, part. (1855- 

 63); Tristram, Ibis, L869, p. 419 ; 1867, p. 80; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 276, tat', xliii. figs. 16, 17 (18C><>) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 214; Dresser, /lints Eur. ii. p. 547 (187 I). 



Aedon galactotes, Salvia, Ibis, Is."/.), p. ;;os. 



Agrobates galactodes, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 185 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous Warbler vary in shape from a broad to 

 a narrow oval, and a lew specimens approach the elliptical. They 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is in some cases 

 pale bluish white, in others pale grey, and the markings consist of 



