176 SYLVIIDJE. 



Sialia occidentalis, Toivns. 



Sialia mexicana, Baird, Brewer # Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 65, part. 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds Colorado Vail. p. 80, part. (1878) ; Salv. $ 

 Godm. Bioi. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 47, part. (1879). 



Sialia occidentalis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 332 (1881) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml p. 40 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 184 (1903). 



Eggs of the Western Blue-bird in the Collection vary from *76 to 

 87 in length, and from -63 to -69 in breadth. 



3. British Columbia (J. K. Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. [P.], 



2. California, 2nd June. W. Radclift'e Saunders, Esq. 



[p.]. 



Sialia arctica, Swains. 



Sialia arctica, Lord, Proc. R. A. Inst. Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1865) ; Baird, 

 Brewer Sf Ridyw. N. Airier. Birds, i. p. 67 (1874) ; Coues, Birds 

 N.- West, p. 14 (1874) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 333 (1881) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899): Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 184 

 (1903). 



The size of the eggs of the Rocky Mountain Blue-bird in the 

 Collection, varies from *8 to '9 in length, and from '63 to -69 in 

 breadth. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. British Columbia (J. K. 7 

 3. Silver City, New Mexico, 



3. British Columbia (J. K. Lord}. N. Amer. Bound. Comm. [P.], 



>, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

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Family SYLVIIDJE. 



Genus AGROBATES, Swains. 



Agrobates galactodes (Temm.). 



Sylvia galactodes, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 205, tab. xxi. fig. 4, a, 

 b, c, part. (1845-54) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 34 (1881) ; 

 id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 418, pi. 10 (1883) j id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 205, pi. 53. fig. 2 (1896). 



Aedon galactodes, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 22, part. (1855- 

 63) ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 419 ; 1867, p. 80; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. p. 276, taf. xliii. figs. 16, 17 (1869) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 214; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 547 (1874). 



Aedon galactotes, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 308. 



Agrobates galactodes, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 185 (1903). 



The eggs of the Rufous Warbler vary in shape from a broad to 

 a narrow oval, and a few specimens approach the elliptical. They 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. The ground is in some~-cases 

 pale bluish white, in others pale grey, and the markings consist of 



