140 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



702. Sage Thrasher, Oroscoptes montarms. Eggs, 4, oval, 

 bluish green, spotted and blotched quite coarsely with reddish 

 brown and lilac. The peculiar bluish green color is the most 

 noticeable character ; .73 -j- 1.00 to .75 -\- 1.05. Nests placed 

 in bushes, composed of twigs, strips of bark, and hair. Breeds 

 in Western United States, from the western portions of the 

 plains to the Pacific, in April and May. 



703. Mocking-bird, Mimiis polyglottos. Eggs, 3 or 4, light 

 greenish blue, spotted and blotched rather coarsely with brown 

 of varying shades and lilac ; .69 -j- 1-04 to. 81 -\- 1.06. The pale 

 ground color and rather light spottings are the most noticeable 

 features. Nests placed in trees and bushes, composed of twigs, 

 grass, and weeds, lined with rootlets. Breeds in the United 

 States, from New Jersey, the valley of the Ohio, Colorado, 

 and California, southward, in April and May. 



704. Catbird, Galeoscoptes caroUnensis. Eggs, 4 to 6, 

 oval, deep greenish blue, unspotted. The shade of the green- 

 ish blue is darker than that of any other eggs that I ever saw ; 

 .65 -|- .97 to .69 -j- .98. Nests placed in bushes, composed of 

 twigs, strips of bark, lined with rootlets. Breeds in Eastern 

 United States and the British Provinces west to the Rocky 

 Mountains, and including them, south to the middle districts, 

 in June. 



705. Brown Thrasher, Harporhynchus rufus. (Type, 

 Plate VIII.) Eggs, 4 or 5, rarely 6, rather elliptical, pale 

 green, finely and profusely dotted with reddish brown ; .76 -j- 

 .99 to .87 -f- 1.12. Fine markings characterize the eggs of 

 this and No. 707. Nests placed on the ground or in bushes, 

 composed of tAvigs, strips of bark, and fibrous rootlets. Breeds 

 in Eastern United States west to the Rocky Mountains, and 

 from Southern Maine, Ontario, and Manitoba southward, in 

 May and June. 



706. Long-billed Thrasher, Harporhynchus longirostris 

 sennetti. Eggs and nests, indistinguishable from those of No. 

 705. Breeds in Eastern Mexico north to the valley of the 

 Rio Grande, in Texas. 



