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pyriform in shape, and those in my collection have the ground-colour pale clay-buff or ochre, 

 and are blotched and spotted with black, the blotches being, as a rule, larger and more 

 numerous at the larger end ; in one or two there are also irregular black streaks and lines, and 

 all have a few paler shell-markings. In size they average 1-55 inch by 1*12 inch. 

 The specimen figured and described is in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens: — 



E Mm. H. E. Dresser. 



a, <$ ad. New Jersey, May (/. Krider). b. San Antonio, Texas, May, 1864 [H. E. D.). c. Hamilton Beach, 

 May 4th, 1887 (/. W. Slainton). d. Near City of Mexico (G. H. White), e. Maryland, September 10th, 

 1858 [Elliott Coues). f. New Jersey [Krider). g,pull. Fort Whipple, Arizona, August 10th, 1869 

 (E. Palmer). 



E Mus. II. B. Tristram. 



a. Bermuda, 1818 [H. B. T.). b. Coban, Vera Paz (0. Salviri). c. Nova Scotia ( Wedderburn) . d,%. Ohio, 

 1883 [Walton), e. N. America (/. H. Garnet/, Jr.). 



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