EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 141 



707. Curve-billed Thrasher, Harporhynchus curmrostris. 

 Eggs, 4 or 5, oval, pale green, minutely dotted, but not 

 thickly, with reddish brown ; .77 + 1.03 to .84 + 1.12. The 

 pale green is quite prominent, because less covered with spot- 

 tings. Nests placed in bushes, composed of rootlets, lined 

 with grass. Breeds in Eastern Mexico, north into the south- 

 ern border of Texas and New Mexico, in April. 



707a. Palmer's Thrasher, Harporhynchus curvlrostris 

 palmeri. Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, pale green, minutely dotted with 

 reddish brown ; .82 -|- 1.05 to .83 + 1.09. Nests i^laced at 

 an elevation from the ground, composed of twigs, and lined 

 with grass. Breeds in Southern Arizona, in June. 



708. Bendire's Thrasher, Harporhynchus bendlrei. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, greenish white, faintly marked with drab, reddish 

 brown, and la\'ender, more numerous on the larger end. The 

 chief characteristics are the pale spottings. Nests placed in 

 bushes, composed of vegetable fibres and grass, outside which 

 are twigs. Breeds in Southern Arizona, south into Mexico, 

 in March, April, May, and June. 



709. Saint Lucas Thrasher, Harporhynchus cinereus. 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, greenish white, spotted and blotched pro- 

 fusely with purple and brown; .77 + 1.12 to .79 -f- 1.13. The 

 profuse markings are the most noticeable features. Nests 

 placed in bushes, composed of twigs, grass, etc. Breeds in 

 Lower California, in March, April, May, and June. 



710. California Thrasher, Harporhynchus recUmmis. 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, pale bluish green, spotted and blotched, 

 rather sparingly, with reddish brown; .81 -f- 1.19 to .93 -|- 

 1.20. The large spottings are remarkable. Nests placed in 

 bushes, composed of twigs, rootlets, and grass. Breeds in the 

 coast region of California and Lower California, in May and 

 June. 



711. Leoonte's Thrasher, Harporhynchus lecontei. Eggs 

 similar in number, color, and size to those of No. 710, and the 

 nests and nesting habits are also similar. Breeds in the valleys 

 of the Gila and Lower Colorado Rivers, south into Sonora, 



