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An egg of the Eoat-billed Tyrant-bird is of a broad oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. It is of a pinkish-white colour, marked 

 round the broad end with a zone of more or less confluent spots 

 and specks of pale lilac-red and lavender. A few specks of the 

 same colours are scattered over the remainder of the shell. It 

 measures '60 by -ol. 



1. BiithhllonduT^s (F. lilaitcaneaur). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus RHYNCHOCYCLUS, Cah. 4- Heine. 



Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus {Sd.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 9.) 



Khvncbocyclus fulvipoctus, Scl. ^f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 513 ; Sd. Cat. 

 ' Birds B. M. xiv. p. 167 (1888) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 101 (1901). 



The eggs of the Fulvous-breasted Tyrant-bird are of an elongated 

 blunt oval form and but slightly glossy. They are white, freckled 

 with miuute yellowish-brown specks, chiefly disposed round the 

 broad end. They measure respectively : -96 by -66 ; -94 by -67. 



2. Frontiuo, Antioquia. U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {T. K. Salmon). 



Rhynchocyclus cinereiceps (Sd.). 



(Plate IV. fig. 13.) 



Rhvnchocyclus cinereiceps, Kehdc. J.f. O. 1879, p. 356; id. Kat. Eier- 

 ' samvil.-p. 140 (1899); Sd. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 169 (1888); 

 *S'rt/i'. (^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 10 (1888) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 102 (1901). 



The eggs of the Grey-headed Tyrant-bird are of a pointed oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. They appear to be variable in coloration. 

 Examples taken by Blancaneaux are white, very sparingly marked 

 with dark reddish-brown or black specks. A specimen from the 

 Nehrkorn Collection is cream-coloured, marked with a broad zone 

 of lilac-red spots round the larger end. Five eggs measure re- 

 spectively : -8 by -56 ; '82 by -S-i ; -8 by -57 ; -8 by -56 ; -82 

 by -58. 



4. British Honduras [F. Blancaneaux). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Veragua {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TODIROSTRUM, Less. 

 Todirostrum cinereum {Linn.). 



Tudirostrum cinereum, Sd. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 512 ; Sd. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiv. p. 69 (1888) ; Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 12 (1888) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 138 (1899); von Herinq, 

 Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 227 (1900) ; S/tarpr, Hand-l. iii. p. 103 

 (1901). 



