Average size of above 10 1 specimens, 1.05 x 0.75 inches. A 

 further measurement of 47 additional specimens, making a total 

 of 148, gave an average size of 1.03 x .75. 



The ground color in the majority of the 148 specimens varies 

 from a pale gray green to a greenish white, the former predomi- 

 nating. In a single set it is a clear pale green with a bluish tinge. 

 Most of the eggs are irregularly spotted and blotched with well 

 defined markings of tawny ecru drab, fawn color and vinaceous 

 buff. These markings are generally heaviest about the larger end 

 of the egg ; in some specimens the spots run longitudinally. In 

 this type about three fourths of the eggs examined can be included. 

 They resemble, in the style of marking, the eggs of Mimus poly- 

 glottos, somewhat, although the eggs themselves look quite differ- 

 ent. In about 20 per cent, the ground color is somewhat clouded 

 over and partially obscured by the markings, which are finer, less 

 pronounced, giving the egg a uniform pearl gray and pale green- 

 ish gray appearance till closely looked at. In an occasional 

 specimen, the markings are simply fine pinpoints, as in the 

 smaller spotted eggs of Harporhyiichus riifus. 



In about five per cent, of the eggs, the ground color is grayish 

 or pinkish white with scarcely a trace of green, and the ^^'g is 

 heavily and uniformly spotted with longitudinal markings of pale 

 salmon color and lavender, bearing a striking resemblance to some 

 eggs of Myiadestes townsendi, excepting in size. A single egg has 

 a distinct wreath about the larger end. 



