88 



Toxostoma curvirostre (Swains.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 19.) 



Harporliynchus curvirostris, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 

 p. 41 (1874) ; Salv, $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 32 

 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 358 (1881) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 49 (1899). 



Toxostoma curvirostre, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 107 (1903). 



Eggs of the Grey Curve-billed Thrasher have the general character 

 of those of T. rufum and its allies, but differ from them in the 

 much more conspicuous and decided greenish-blue tint of their 

 ground and in the finer and lighter nature of the speckling, which 

 in the form of minute reddish-brown dots is evenly distributed 

 over their whole surface. But there are apparently exceptions to 

 this type, in which there exists a decided zone or cap at the larger 

 end, formed of a brighter and much denser gathering of the spots : 

 a large proportion of the ten eggs of the Crowley Bequest (from 

 Texas) are of this exceptional ibrm, and much handsomer than 

 the ordinary eggs. The average measurements are I'll by "78. 



2. Mexico (A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Hatamoras, Mexico (Smiths. Inst). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Matainoras (Lt. Couch : Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll). 

 4. Tampico, Mexico, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Oaxaca, Mexico. C. G. Rickards, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Texas (Lt. Couch: Smiths. Inst). Crowley Bequest. 

 10. Texas (Field Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Toxostoma palmeri (Coues). 



Ilarporhynchus curvirostris, var. palmeri, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 43 (1874). 

 Harporhynchus palmeri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 359 (1881) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 50 (1899). 

 Toxostoma palmeri, Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The single egg of Palmer's Curve-billed Thrasher in the Collection 

 is exactly like the typical eggs of T. curvirostre already described. 

 It measures 1*12 by '77. 



1. Tucson, Arizona, 16th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Toxostoma redivivum (Gambel). 



HarporhyncLus redivivus, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgtv. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 45 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 360 (1881) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml p. 50 (1899). 

 Toxostoma redivivum, Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 107 (1903). 



The eggs of the California Thrasher in the Collection resemble 

 those of T. curvirostre, but the ground-colour is decidedly bluer 



