GALEOSCOFTES. 



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broad oval form and possess a considerable amount of gloss. The 

 ground-colour is of a deep blue, much speckled and blotched, 

 especially at the larger end of the egg (where the markings are 

 collected into the form of a more or less distinct zone), with 

 chocolate or umber-brown and some underlying markings of lilac- 

 grey. They measure from -92 to 1-01 in length, and from '68 to 

 7L in breadth. 



'2. Austin, Nevada, 3rd July (R. Ridg- Crowley Bequest. 



ivay : Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Eeno, Nevada, 20 tk May (H. W. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Hewhaw). 

 '2. Fort Garland, Colorado, 22nd June Salviu-Godinan Coll. 



(H. W. H.). 



Genus GrALEOSCOPTES, Cab. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). 



Turdus felivox, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxiv. fig. 6 (1845-54).. 

 Mimus carolinensis, Lord, Proc. JR. A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865) ; 



Corns, Birds N.-West, p. 8 (1874). 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Baird, Brewer $ Ridyw. N.-Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 52 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 335 (1881) ; Nehrk.. 



Cat. Eiersamml p. 48 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 106 (1903).. 

 Mimus (Galeoscoptes) carolinensis, Coues, Birds Color. Vail. p. 56 



(1878). 

 Galeoscoptes bermudianus, Bangs < Bradlee, Auk, xviii. p. 253 (1901). 



The eggs of tbe Cat-bird are of a regular oval form, highly glossy, 

 and of a deep greenish-blue colour. They measure from '87 to 

 1-04 in length, and from '63 to *73 in breadth. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godnmn- Coll. 

 Capt. Bruce Button [P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



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 N. Amer. Bound. Cornm. 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm, 



N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

 PrincetonUniversity, N. J. [E.].. 



13. North America (Henshaw Coll.). 



8. North America (Smiths. Inst.). 



5. North America. 



4. Nortk America. 



1. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). 



1. Pembina, Dakota, 4th June (G. 



M. Daivson). 



2. 49th Parallel (G. M. D.). 



5. Princeton, New Jersey ( W. E. D. 



Scott). 

 4. Princeton, 18th May ( W. E. D. S.). 



3. Princeton, 27th May (W.E.D.S.). 

 3. Princeton, 27th May ( W.E, D. S.) . 

 3. Princeton, 5th June ( W. E. D. S. ) . 



3. Princeton, 9th June ( W. E. D. S.) . 



4. Princeton, llth June ( W.E. D. S.). 



2. Bermuda. 

 4. Bermuda. 



6. Bermuda (J. Boog : Tristram 



Coll.). 



3. Mt. Langton, Bermuda, May 



(Tristram Coll), 



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 PriucetonUniversity,N.J. 

 PrincetonUniversity, N. J. 

 PrincetonUniversity, N. J. 

 PrincetonUniversity, N. J. 

 PrineetonUniversity, N. J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



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