Sl'OKOl'HILA. 1(>1 



the fourth e^g the creamy-white ground-colour is almost entirely 

 hidden, being densely spotted and blotched all over -with dull 

 reddish-umber-brown and grey.. They measure respectively : '68 by 

 •5 ; "GS by -5 ; -7 by "48 ; and -7 by -5-4. 



1. Venezuela. W. Eadcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



1. Venezuela. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 '2. [\ enezuela.] Crowley Bequest. 



Sporophila obscura (Tacz.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 10.) 



Spermopbila obscura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 101 (1888) ; 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 196. 

 Tiie White-throated Finch, Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 426. 

 Sporophila obscura, Sharpe, Hatid-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 



The eggs of the White-throated Grosbeak are somewhat broad 

 ovals and devoid of gloss. Two specimens are very pale bluish- 

 white, speckled sparingly, and only on the larger half of the egg, 

 with blackish-brown and pale pink. Two other specimens are 

 bluish-white, spotted and blotched with black, umber-brown and 

 dull underlying grey. The markings are most dense at the broad 

 end and are there intermingled with a few fine black lines and 

 scrolls. Four examples measure respectivelj" : '68 by '5 ; •67 by 

 -.51; -65 by -52; -tiS by -51. 



2. Argentina, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. f C], 

 2. Argentina, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. ^C.]. 



Sporophila minuta (Linn.). 



Speruiophila minuta, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506 ; Salv. ^' Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 351 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. 109 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 105 (1899) ; Iheriiuj, 



Bev. 3Ius. Paulista, iv. p. 213 (1900). 

 Sporophila minuta minuta, Ridgio. Birds NoHh 8^ Middle Amer. i. p. 5G7 



(1901). 

 Sporophila minuta, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 



Eggs of the Red-bellied Seed-eater are of a blunt oval shape and 

 without any gloss. They are white, sparingly marked with 

 blotches and spots of dark chocolate-brown and profusely sprinkled 

 all over with small specks and dots of pale rufous and lilac-grey. 

 They measure from -Go to '66 in length, and from "o to 'b'6 iu 

 breadth. 



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



(J". K. Salmon). 



2. Medellin [T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Medellin (Tm^ram CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Medellin {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



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