104 PRINGILLID^. 



Sporophila corvina (ScL). 



Spermopliila corvina, Salv. 8( Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 355 



(1885); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xii. p. ] 37 (1818); Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml .-p. 106 (1899). 

 Sporophila corvina, Riclimond, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 492 (1893) ; 



Ridqiv. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. i. p. 571 (1901) ; Sharpe, 



Ha'nd-l. V. p. 214 (1908). 



Pour eggs of the Black Seed-eater resemble those of S. gutturalis 

 so closely as to render any separate description unnecessary. They 

 measure respectively : -7 by -52 ; -69 by '5 ; -68 by -5 ; '64 by -52. 



2. British Honduras {F. Blancaneavx). Palvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Chiriqui, Panama {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MELOPYRRHA, Bonap. 

 Melopyrrha nigra {Linn.). 



Melopyrrha nigra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 141 (1888) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 1 06 (1899) ; Ridgic. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. 

 i. p. 562 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 215 (1908). 



An egg of the Cuban Seed-eater is of a rather long oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy-white, densely 

 clouded with pale purplish-brown and purplish-grey and with a few 

 small markings and line hair-lines of chocolate-brown. It measures 

 •71 by -52. 



1. Cuba {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus EUETHIA, Reichenh. 



Euethia olivacea {Linn.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 15.) 



Spermophila olivacea, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 249 (1847). 



Spermophila adoxa, Gosse, torn. cit. p. 25.3. 



Phonipara lepida, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 145 (1888) [part.l; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 106 (1899) [part.]. 

 Euethia olivacea olivacea, Ridgw. Birds North <§■ Middle Amer. i. p. 530 



(1901). 

 Euethia olivacea, Sharpe, Hand-l. p. 215 (1908). 



The eggs of the Yellow-faced Grassquit are of a regular oval 

 shape and have a slight trace of gloss. They are white, speckled 

 and blotched with pale rufous and underlying violet-grey. The 

 markings are densest over the larger e.nd of the egg, and in many 

 specimens they coalesce at that part and form a cap. Examples 



