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An egg of the Banded Wood-singer is of a regular oval shape, 

 slighth' pointed towards one end and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white, blotched at the larger end with jellowish-brown and with 

 reddish-brown and lilac spots, forming together a distinct though 

 rather irregular cap ; there are also a few small reddish-brown spots 

 scattered over the rest of the shell. It measures "75 by '55. 



1. Ranclio Redondo, Costa liica, Mr. C. F. Underwood [C.]. 



25th May. 



Myioborus chrysops (Sah.). 



Setophaga chrysops, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1 879, p. 495 ; Shcaye, Cat. 



Birds B. M. x. p. 427 (1885) ; Kehrk. Kat. Eievsamml. p. 91 



(1899). 

 Myioborus chrysops, Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 121 (1906). 



Eggs of the Golden-faced Wood-singer appear to resemble the 

 eggs of M. verticaUs very closely. Four examples measure 

 respectively : "78 by -55 ; -75 by -52 ; '79 by -52 ; -8 by '52. 



2. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (7'. K. Salmon). 

 2. Frontino {T. K. S.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus MYIOTHLYPIS, Cah. 



Myiothlypis nigricristatus (Lafresn.). 



(Plate IV. figs. 3 & 4.) 



Basileuterus nigricristatus, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 : Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 380 (1885) ; JVehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 90 

 (1899). 



Myiothlypis nigricristatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 122 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Black-capped Wood-singer are of a pointed oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. Thej' are white, speckled and spotted 

 all over with reddish-brown and lilac, and one specimen is marked, 

 in addition, with a large pale rufous blotch about the larger end. 

 They measure respectively : "87 by '6 ; -79 by '6. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia {T. K. Salmon). 



Genus BASILEUTEUUS, Cah. 

 Basileuterus coronatus {Tsclmdi). 



Basileuterus coronatus. Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494; Sfiarpe, Cat- 

 Birds B. M. x. p. '390 (1885) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 124 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Crowned Wood-singer are very similar to those 

 of B. nii/ricrislalus, but the markings are coarser and more dense, 



