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In color the eggs are white, with a dense wreath of pale 

 yellowish-brown spots encircling the larger end. In some 

 places, these spots appear to be laid over a pale lavender 

 washing, and in one specimen, these fine, almost indistinct 

 dots extend sparingly over the entire surface. They measure 

 in millimeters 14 x 11 and 15 x 11. 



LIST OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED. 



No. 2371. Iris dark brown. 

 No. 2456. Ovaries small. 



The length of bill from nostril of the males taken by Dr. 

 Palmer, all measure 6.3 mm., and the single female has the 

 bill but 5.5 mm., showing a slight increase in length during 

 the past decade. As this measurement can be so accurately 

 taken, I believe the difference is an actual one. 



32, Turdus aonalaschkae. 



DWARF HERMIT THRUSH. The strange shyness of the 

 straggling avifauna of Guadalupe Island was well exempli- 



