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colour pale greyish-green and possess a considerable amount of 

 gloss. One specimen is a broad ellipse in shape, and round one end 

 there is a wreath or zone of tangled lines, knots, and spots of deep 

 blackish-brown. The remainder of the surface of the shell is 

 unmarked. The other s])ccimens have a similar but rather less 

 extended zone round the larger end, with a few black spots scat- 

 tered here and there over the remainder of the shell. The space 

 occupied by the zone is underlaid with a faint purplish-grey wash 

 in all three examples. They measure respectively : 1*18 by -78 ; 

 1-03 by -8 ; 1-02 by -8. 



1. Sind Valley, Kashmir, ISth Maj' Ilmue Coll. 



(C. R. Cock). 

 1. ^lurree, N. W. Himalayas, 3Lst Hume Coll. 



May ( C. R. C). 

 I. Murree, 8th June (C. R. C). Hume Coll. 



Genus ZAMELODIA, Coues. 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). 



Hedymeles ludovicianus, Baird, Breicer S; Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 70 (1874) ; Salv. ^- Godni. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. o3(3 



(1884) ; Shnrpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 58 (1888) ; NelirTi. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 

 (Toniaphea ludoviciana, Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 598 (1878). 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana, Ridqiv. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 014 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-'l. v. p. 201 (1908). 



The eggs of the Eose-breasted Grosbeak are of an oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They^ are light greenish-blue, profusely speckled 

 and blotched over their entire surface with chestnut-brown. In 

 eight eggs the measurements vary from '93 to 1"02 in length, and 

 from '7 to "7-! in breadth. 



1. North America (Hensliaw Col!.). Salvin-Godioau Coll. 



1. Connecticut, U.S.A. (W. Wood: Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. Inst.). 



5. Hartford, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Groveport, Ohio (Sniiths. Inst.: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Cull.). 



Zamelodia melanocephala (Swains.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Hedymeles melanocephalus, Bnird, Brewer S,- Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, 

 ii. p. 73 (1884) ; Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 338 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 62 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Zamelodia melanocephala, Ridgio. Birds North S)- Middle Amer. i. p. 617 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 202 (1908). 



Eggs of the Elack-headed Grosbeak are of an oval shape and 



