176 STITIIDJ3. 



Sialia occideutalis. Towns. 



Sialia mexicana, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 66, part. 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds Colorado Vail. p. 80, part. (1878) ; 8alv. 8f 

 Gfodm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 47, part. (1879). 



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

 Kat. Mersamml. p. 40 (1899) ; Sharpe, ^and-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. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Sialia arctica, Swains. 



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

 Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 67 (1874) ; Coues, Birds 

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

 Nehrk, Eat. Eiersamml. p. 40 (1899): Sharpe, JSand-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, Lord). N. Amer. Bound. Comm. \V.\ 

 3. Silver City, New Mexico, lOtli June. W. EadclifEe Satmders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Eamily SYLVIID^. 



Genus AGROBATES, Swains. 



Agrobates galactodes (Temm.). 



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

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

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

 p. 205, pi. 58. fig. 2 (1896). 



Aedon galactodes, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 22, part. (1856- 

 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 Eufous 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 



