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Sub-Family GYMNODERIN.^. 



Genus PYRODERUS, Gray. 



Pyroderus g^anadensis {Lafr.). 



Pvroderus crranadeusis, Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 393 (183S) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 176 (1901). 



An egg of the Colombian Fruit-Crow in the Collectioii resembles 

 those of liupkoJa sangidnolenta. It measures 1*83 by 1"31. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyroderus oreuocensis {Lafr.). 



I'yroderus orenocensis, Scl. ^- Salt. P. Z. S. 1879, p. -"ii'O, pi. xliii. fig. 7; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 398 (1888) ; -Kehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 145 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 177 (1901). 



The eggs of the Orinoco Fruit-Crow are inseparable from those 

 of F. granadensis and RapicoJa sanguinolenta. Two examples 

 measure respectively : 1'87 by 1'3 ; 1'8 by 1"3. 



2. FroDtino, Antioqula, U.S. Colombia Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



(7'. A'. Salmon). 



Family rilYTOTOMIU.E. 



Genus PHYTOTOMA, Molina. 



Phytotoina rara, Molina. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 13.) 



Phytotoma rara, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 403 (1888) ; James, A'ew 

 List Chilian Birds, p. 3 (189i') ; Lane, Ihi.s, 1897, p. 3-5 ; ^^'ehrk. Kat. 

 Eicrsamml. p. 14.5 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 178 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chilian Plant-cutter are of a pointed oval form 

 and very glossy. They are of a greenish -blue colour, speckled and 

 spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with very dark chocolate-brown 

 or black, and occasionally with lilac also. They measure from •\)o 

 to I'l- in length, and from •" to "76 in breadth. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Cliile {Landl/eck). Berkeley James Coll. 

 1. Chile (Tr/a^/w/i Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Kio Bueuo, Valdivia, Chile, 2jth Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



