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Fringilla Diuca, Mol. The Chilian name is Thiuca or Diuca. — 

 The egg of this bird measures 1 inch in length by T ^ of an inch in 

 breadth : the ground colour white, tinged with green, more or less 

 mottled all over with two shades of greenish brown. 



Phytotoma rara, Mol. Called Rara by the natives. — The egg 

 measures 1 inch in length by -^ of an inch in breadth, and is of a 

 delicate bluish green, with a few specks of dark reddish brown at the 

 larger end. 



Sturnclla Loica, Mol. The Chilian name is Loica. — The egg of 

 this bird measures 1 in. ^ in length by -^ of an inch in breadth : 

 the ground colour white, spotted and speckled with pale red, dark 

 brownish red, and purple grey. 



Icterus Thilius, Mol. The Chilian name Thili or Trili. — This egg 

 measures 1 inch in length by t 7 q of an inch in breadth : the ground 

 colour white, sometimes tinged with buff, with a few spots and 

 streaks of dark reddish brown deposited over the larger end. 



Zenaida aurita, Temm. ; Chilian name Tortola. — The egg of this 

 species, which is the most common of the Columbidce found in 

 Chile, is white, and measures 1 in. -^ in length by -^ of an inch in 

 breadth. 



Columbina strepitans, Spix ; Tortolita cyana of the Chilians. — The 

 egg of this pretty little species of Dove is also of a pure white, smooth 

 and shining ; the length t 9 q of an inch, the breadth fa, 



Nothura perdicaria, G. R. Gray ; Perdiz of the Chilians. — This 

 beautiful egg, of a uniform rich purple-chocolate brown, the sur- 

 face smooth and polished, measures 1 in. fa in length and 1 in. fa 

 in breadth. 



Two other unnamed eggs in this collection, of the same character 

 and colour as that of the Nothura last- described, and probably be- 

 longing to two species of the genus Tinochorus found in Chile, may 

 be here referred to ; the larger one 2 in. fa in length by If in. in 

 breadth ; the other 1 in. fa in length and 1 J in. in breadth. El- 

 liptic in shape, of a rich and uniform purple- chocolate brown ; the 

 surface highly polished. 



Another egg in this collection, not named, but apparently belong- 

 ing to some species of Tinamou, may be mentioned on account of its 

 beauty. It measures 1 in. fa in length, and 1 in. fa in breadth ; 

 the shape is elliptic, and the colour a uniform delicate siskin-green. 



Rhea Darwini, Gould, 'Voyage of the Beagle,' Birds, page 123, 

 plate 47. — The egg of this line species measures 4 J- in. in length 

 and 3 J in. in breadth : elliptic in form ; the colour whitish, but 

 tinged with very pale asparagus-green. This egg is figured by Dr. 

 Thienemann in his new work now in course of publication on the 

 incubation of birds in general, part 1. page 4. tab. 2. fig. 2, with the 

 additional name of Rhea pennata D' Orbignii. 



Scolopax Paraguaice, Vieill. Called by the Chilians Avecasina and 

 Porrotero. — The egg is If in. long and If in. broad; olive-brown, 

 blotched and spotted with dark reddish brown and pale brown. This 



