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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 

 coUeeted 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 

 "71 in breadth. 



2. Austin, Nevada, 8rd July (Ji. Ridg- 



way : Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Reno, Nevada, 20th May (H. W. 



Henshaw). 

 2. Fort Garland, Colorado, 23nd June 



(JS. W. R.). 



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 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvia-Godman Coll. 



Genus aALEOSCOPTES, Cab. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis {lAnn.). 



Tardus felivox, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vdg. tab. xxiv. fig. 6 (1845-54).. 

 Mimus carolinensis, Lord, Proc. R.A. Inst., Woolwich, iv. p. 338 (1866) ; 



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

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Baird, Brewer §• Ridgw. 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. 66 



(1878). 

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



The eggs of the 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 -Td in breadth. 



13. North America {Henshaw Coll.). 



8. North America {Smiths. Inst.). > 



5. North America. 



4. North America. 



1. British Columbia (,7; K. Lord). 



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



M. Dawson). 



2. 49th Parallel (ff.ikf.i).). 



5. Princeton, New Jer8ey-( W. E. D. 



Scott). 

 4. Princeton, 18th May (W^.-B.i).-?.). 



3. Princeton, 27th May (Jr^.^.D.-S.). 

 3. Princeton,27thMay(Pr.-B.2).5'.). 

 3. Princeton, 6th June {W.E.D.8.). 



3. Princeton, 9th June ( W.E. D. 8.). 



4. Princeton,llthJune(^.jB,Z).&). 



2. Bermuda. 

 4. Bermuda. 



6. Bermuda (/. Boog : Tristram 



Coll.). 



3. Mt. Langton, Bermuda, May 



{Tristram Coll.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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N. Amer. Bound. Comm. 

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