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The eggs of the White-throated Wood-hewer are of a pointed 

 oval shape and moderatelj' glossv. Three examples measure respec- 

 tively : -85 by -67 ; '86 by -67 ; '87 by -60. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



Sub-Family GLYPHORHYNCHINiE. 



The eggs of the birds of this sub-family are plain white. 



Genus GLYPHORHYNCKUS, Wled. 

 Glyphorhyncbus cuneatus {Lkht.). 



Glvphorhvnchus castelnaiidi (nee Des M»rs), Scl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 141. 

 GrvphorhVnchus cuneatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 124 (1890) ; 



Sfdr.'^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 175 (1891) ; Shar2)e, 



Hmid-l. iii. p. 74 (1901). 



The eggs of the Wedge-billed Wood-hewer in the Collection are 

 of a regular broad oval shape, and quite devoid of all gloss. They 

 measure respectively : -8 by -5 ; -77 by '5. 



2. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Dec. Salvin-GodmaH Coll. 



(Z. Fraser). 



Genus DENDROCICHLA, &'/•«//. 



Dendrocichla anabatina, Sd. 



Dendrocincla anabatina, 8cl. dd. Bird^ B. JI. xv. p. 162 (1890) ; Snlv. ^ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 172 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersmnml. p. 1.50 (1899). 



Dendrocichla anabatina, Sharpe, Hcoid-l. iii. p. 74 (1901). 



An egg of Sclater's Wood-hewer in the Collection is of an 

 elliptical shape and slightly glossy. It measures 1-07 by •79. 



1. Central America [Nehrlorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family DENDROCOLAPTIN^. 



The eggs of the species of Dcndrocolaptbup are plain white. 



Genus PICOLAPTES, Less. 

 Picolaptes lacrymiger {Dis Mars). 



ricolaptes lacrymiger, Scl. ($• Sah: P. Z. S. 1879, p. 524 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xv."p. 148 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 83 (1901). 



The egg of Des ilurs's Wood-hewer in the Collection is elliptical 

 in form, and exhibits a slight amount of gloss. It measures 1-02 

 by -77. 



1. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon) . 



