170 FOEMICARlIDiE. 



creamy- white colour, marked all over, but more densely at the 

 broad end than elsewhere, with sj^ots, blotches, and fine twisted lines 

 of deep brownish purple and lilac-red. Two examples measure 

 respectively : '99 by "73; 1-05 by -75. 



2. Iguape, Brazil, 2oth Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GRALLARIA, Vieill. 



Grallaria ruficeps, Sd. 



Grallaria ruficeps, ,Sel. ^- Salt). P. Z. S. 1S79, p. 526, pi. xliii. fis. o ; Scl. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 317 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 42 

 (1901). 



Eggs of the Red-headed Prown Ant-bird in the Collection are 

 of an elliptical shape and slightly glossy. They are of a deep 

 blue colour. Two examples measure respectively: 1'45 by !•! ; 

 1-43 by 1-00. 



2. Medellin, Autioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ( jT. K. Salmon). 



Grallaria ruficapilla, Lafr. 



Grallaria ruficapilla, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 527, pi. xliii. fig. 6 ; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 320 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 43 

 (1901). 



Eggs of the Chestnut-headed Ant-bird in the Collection are 

 spheroidal in shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and of a dull green 

 colour. They measure respectively: 1*18 by 1 ; 1'22 by 1-03. 



2. Concordia, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Sal vin-Godmau Coll. 

 (r. -ST. Salmon). 



Genus GRALLARICULA, Sd. 



Grallaricula cucullata {Sd.). 



(Plate III. fig. 8.) 



Grallaricula cucullata, Scl ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 527; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. XV. p. 327 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 45 (1901). 



An egg of the Little Hooded Ant-bird in the Collection is 

 spheroidal in shape and but slightly glossy. It is of a buff colour, 

 marked with large confluent blotches of very deep reddish brown at 

 the broad end, and with rufous and lavender specks and spots 

 elsewhere. It measures "8 by '63. 



1. Sta. Elena, Autioquia, U.S. Colombia Salviu-GoJman Coll. 

 (Z". K. Salmon). 



