ORVZOliOKUS. — PYRllHULAGKA. l^'J 



Oryzoborus funereus (Sd.). 



Oryzobonis funereus, Scl. lij- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, 7J. oO(J ; Salv. S,- Godm. 

 Biol. Cfiiti-.-Amer., Aves,i. p. 349 (1885) ; SJiarpe, Cut. Birds B. 31. 

 xii. p. 81 (1888) ; Hidffw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. i. p. 605 

 (1901) ; Sharpc, Hand-l. v. p. 2Qo (1908). 



Three eggs of the Dusky Rice-Grosboak are of an oval shape 

 and somewhat glossy. The}- are greenish-white, thickly marked 

 with reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one speci- 

 men the markings consist chiefly of small blotches ; in another 

 of dots and fine streaks. Three examjiles measure respectively : 

 •71 bj- -54 ; -74 by -oo ; and -75 by "So, 



•1. Medelhn,Antioquia, U.S.Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{T. K. Salmon). 

 1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYRRHULAGRA, Less. 



Pyrrhulagra ruficollis ( Gmel. ). 



(Plate IX. tig. 8.) 



Pyrrhula violacea, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 254 (1847). 



Loxigilla violacea, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds. B. M. xii. p. 82 (1888) [part. ]. 



Pvrrhulagra violacea ruticollis, Ridqio. Birds North S,- Middle Amer. i. 



p. 5.52 (1901). 

 Pyrrhulagra ruficollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 205 (1908). 



Eggs of the Purple Grosbeak are regular ovals and slightly 

 glossy. They are white or creamy-white, blotched and spotted, 

 most thickly at the larger end where the markings coalesce and form 

 a cap, with pale reddish-brown aud underlying purplish-grey. 

 They measure from -9 to -96 in length, and from -62 to -68 in 

 breadth. 



4. .Jamaica. Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



1. .Jamaica. Rev. Barbara Zincke [P.]. 



1. Jamaica, 8th Sept. (TF. Osljtmi: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Jamaica. Oowley Bequest, 



Pyrrhulagra grenadensis {Cor 11). 



(Plate IX. fig. 7.) 



Loxigilla noctis, Luwr. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 014 (1886). 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis, Ridijtc. Birds North ^- Middle Amer i. 



p. 500 (1901). 

 I'yrrhulagra grenadensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 206 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Grenada Gro.sbeak are of a rather long oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are white, spotted and blotched with 

 reddish-brown and uiulerlying purplish-grey, chiefly about the 



