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NESTS AND EOOS OF 



cinnamon-rufous and a few dots of heliotrope-purple and pale lavender. These form 

 a wreath around the larger end. They resemble the eggs of Helminthophila lucus 

 and H. virffiniw to a certain extent."* 



691. BED WABBLEK. Ergaticus ruber (Swains.) Geog. Dist. — Highlands of 

 Mexico. Texas (Giraud). 



This dusky red warbler is an inhabitant of Mexico and is recorded as far north 

 as southern Texas by Giraud. Its nests and eggs are unknown. ' 



[692.] BBASHEB'S WABBI/EB. Basileuterus cuUcivorvs (Licht.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Central America, from Panama north to Eastern Mexico. Texas (Giraud). 



This is a Central American species recorded by Giraud as occurring as far north 

 as Southern Texas. Its nesting and eggs remain to be described. 



[693.] BELL'S WAEBLEB. Basileuterus belli (Giraud.)' Geog. Dist.— Guate- 

 mala and Mexico, north to the temperate regions of Vera Cruz. Texas (Giraud). 



There appears to be little known concerning the general habits of this warbler^ 

 which are recorded with a colored illustration by Giraud in his work entitled "Sixteen ' 

 Species of Texas Birds," in 1841. 



494. White Wagtail (from Brehiii.; 



[694.] WHITE WAGTAIL. Motacilla alba Linn. Geog. Dist.— Europe and 

 Northern Asia; in winter. Northeastern and Southern Asia. Accidental in Green- 

 land. 



The common White Wagtail of Europe claims a place in the North American 

 avifauna as an accidental visitant o,f Greenland. It is found in all portions of Europe, 



* The Auk, V, pp. 385-; 



