PrRRHtTLOXIA. 1(57 



Volatima splendens, Sah: ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 357 



{i^oSo) ; tS/iarpe, Ilcind-l. V. -p. 217 {1908). 

 Volatinia jacarini, Sluaye, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 152 (1888) Tpart 1 

 "^'''Jjg^j^^^'''""" spl^ndens, Ridyw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer.i. p.'526 



Eggs of the Blue-black Grassquit are of a blunt oval shape 

 and slightly glossy. They are white, speckled and blotched with 

 reddish-brown of two shades. The markings are dense at the 

 arger end of the egg, where they form a zone or cap of greater or 

 lesser extent. Eight examples measure from -6 to 7 in len"-th 

 and from -5 to -54 in breadth. ° ' 



J- ll^^i<:"- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Mexico Gould Coll. 



1. Irazu Costa Rica, October. C. F. Underwood [CI 



2. MedeUm Autioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon). 

 2. MedellinCT-.A-. ,S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus PYRRHULOXIA, Bonap. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Bonap. 



(Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Baird, Bveicer S,- Ridgio. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p 95 

 (lb/ 4) [part.]; Sennett, Bidl. U. S. Geol. Survetj, iv. p. 21 (1878) • 

 Salv.^- Godm Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i.p^343 (1884); Sharpe, 



nlfoo^^'t;^- ^^^V^"- P- 1^*^ (1^^^) 5 ^^^'•^- ^«<- Eiersamlnl. p. 106 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 218 (1908). 



Pyrrhuhxxia sinuata sinuata, Ridgw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. i. 



Three eggs of the Western Texas Cardinal-Gosbeak are of a 

 broad rounded oval form and have a small amount of gloss They 

 are white, speckled and blotched all over, but more densely at the 

 broad end than elsewhere, with umber-brown and underlying 

 purphsh-grey. They measure respectively : -89 by -72 • -94 bv •76''- 

 and -95 by -76. j ' j , 



1. Texas (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



- -^exas. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyrrhuloxia texana, Ridgw. 



Pyrrhuloxia .«inuata texana, Ridgw. Birds North &■ Middle Amer i. 



p. 628 (1901). 

 Pyrrhuloxia texana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 218 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Southern Cardinal-Grosbeak resemble those of 

 P. sinuata, but are of a regular oval form. They measure re- 

 spectively : -9 by -68 ; -92 by -68 ; and -96 by -69. 



": San Autonio, Texas, 30th April. W. Eadclifle Saunders, Esa 



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