HOEizorrrs. — mtiaechtts. 209 



Horizopus richardsoni {Swains.). 



Contopus virens, var. richardsoni, Baird, Brewer & Bidgio. N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 360 (1874). 

 Contopus richardsoni, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 239 (1888) ; Salv. ^ 



Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 85 (1889) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. 



N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 291, pi. ii. figs. 20-22 (1895) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 142 (1899). 

 Horizopus richardsoni, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 142 (1901). 



The eggs of the Western Wood Pewee resemble those of H. virens, 

 but the shell-markings are more of a lilac-grey colour. They 

 measure from -69 to -78 in length, and from -53 to -56 in breadth. 



2. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. California, 30th May (J. Grinnell). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Susanville, California (Senshmo Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 



4. Kiverside, Cahfornia, 10th May. W. RadclifFe Saimders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus MYIAECHUS, Cab. 

 Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 



Myiarchus crinitus, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 334 

 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 247 (1888); Salv. ^ Godm. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 87 (1889) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. 

 Amer. Birds, ii. p. 259, pi. ii. figs. 8 & 9 (1895) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 142 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 144 (1901). 



The eggs of the Great Crested Tyrant-bird vary from an oval to a 

 spheroidal shape, and are slightly glossy. The ground-colour ranges 

 from cream-colour to pale buif, and the egg is more or less densely 

 marked with blotches, longitudinal streaks and scratches, and 

 intricate tangles of lines of umber-brown, purple, and lavender-grej'. 

 On some examples lines preponderate, on others streaks and 

 blotches. Specimens measure from -84 to -94 in length, and from 

 •67 to -69 in breadth. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America (Henshaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. North America. Crowley Bequest. 

 4. North America (D. G. Elliot : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



. [P-]- 

 1. New York, May (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Ehode Island, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 3. Princeton, New Jersey, 9th June Princeton University, N.J. 

 {W. E. D. Scott). [E.]. 



Myiarchus cinerascens {Laivr.). 

 Myiarchus crinitus, var. cinerascens, Baird, Brewer 8f Eidi/w. N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 337 (1874). 

 Myiarchus cinerascens, Scl. Cat Birds B. M. xiv. p. 248 (1888) ; Saiv. Sr 



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