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Genus CYANOCOMPSA, Cah. 

 Cyanocompsa parellina {Bonap.). 



Guiraca parellina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 69 (1888) [part.]; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 

 Gyanocnmpsa parellina parellina, liid(jw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. 



p. 601 (1901). 

 Cyanocompsa parellina, Sharpe, Haml-l. v. p. 203 (1908). 



Four eggs of the Blue Bunting vaiy from a broad to a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and are distinctly glossy. They are pure white, 

 and measure from -8 to "89 in length, and from -66 to -68 in 

 breadth. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yucatan {Nvhrlorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ORYZOBORUS, Cah. 



Oryzoborus torridus (Scop.). 



Oryzoborus torridus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 77 (1888) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersaviml. p. 105 (1899) ; Iheriiu/, Rev. Mus. Paidista, iv. 

 p. 213 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 



An egg, said to be that of the Brazilian Eice-Grosbeak, is of a 

 nearly regular oval form and distinctly glossy. It has the ground- 

 colour pale creamy-white, finely and densely spotted all over, but 

 especially round the larger end, with reddish-brown and with a few 

 scattered markings and spots of rich dark brown. It measures 

 •76 by '58 (==21 by 15 mm.). These measurements are somewhat 

 greater than those given by JN'ehrkorn and Ihering (19 by 14 mm.). 



1. Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 24th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gmel.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 6.) 



Oryzoborus occidentalis, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506. 

 Oryzoborus crassirostris, Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. Cent r.- Amer., Aves, i. p. 348, 

 " footnote (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. .\ii. p. 79 (1888) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed Rice-Grosbeak are lengthened ovals, 

 and but very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is a very light 

 buff and the entire surface of the egg is covered with spots, 

 blotches, smears and clouds of dark chocolate-brown, pale chocolate- 

 brown, and underlying pinkish-grey. Two examples measure 

 respectively : -0 by -65 ; -9 by "6. 



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



(7". K. Salmon). 



