168 t'KixfiiLrjiLE. 



Gemis CAEDINALIS, Bonap. 



Cardinalis cardinalis {Linn.). 



Cardinalis Tirginianus, Bnird, Brewer ^- Bidr/w. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 100 (1874) [part.] ; Beid, Bull. U.S. A at. Mus. no. 25, p. 200 



(1884); Salv. c^ Godm. Biol. Cenfr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 340(1884) 



[part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 10(5 ( 1899). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis, S'harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 161 (1888) ; id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908> 

 Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, Bidijw. Birds North S^ Middle Amer. i. 



p. 635 (1901). 



Eggs of the Cardinal are of an elongate oval shape and possess a 

 considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colonr varies from 

 white to ashy or greenish- white, and is very thickly covered with 

 spots, streaks and blotches of ashy-brown and underlying purplish- 

 grey. On many specimens the markings are large and more or 

 less confluent; on others they are fine and distinct. In most 

 cases they form an ill-defined cap at the larger end. Numerous 

 specimens measure from '89 to 1*1 in length, and from '62 to "78 

 in breadth. 



2. North America (Henshaiu CoU). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



2. North America {Hensfiaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America (Henshaiv Coll.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 3. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Bermuda. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



3. Bermuda (S. G. B.). Capt. Savile G. Eeid [P.]. 



4. Bermuda (.S. G. i?.). Capt. Savile G. Keid [P.J. 

 4. Bermuda {S. G. B.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 

 2. Bermuda (J. Martuche : Tristr((m Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Bermuda (/. i)/. .• Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bermuda (J. M. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Ireland I., Bermuda {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Cardinalis canicauda, Chapman. 

 (Plate IX. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Cardinalis virginianus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 21 (1878). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis cauicaudus, Bidyio. Birds North iS,- Middle Amer. i. 



p. 639 (1901). 

 Cardinalis canicauda, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 



Nine eggs of the Grey-tailed Cardinal resemble the finely spotted 

 examples of C. cardinalis described above, and do not difier either 

 in shape or in size. 



4. Texas, 20th jNIarch. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P-]- 



5. San Antonio, Texas, 3rd iMay, W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



