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Saltator olivascens, Cab. 



Saltator olivascens, Scl. Cat. Bmls B. M. xi. p. 289 (1886); Allen, 

 Bull. Amer. 3Ius. xxi. p. 291 (1904) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 98 

 (1899) ; ISharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 223 (1908). 



An egg of Cabanis' Saltator has the zone round the larger end 

 composed of an intricate tracerj- of very fine lines and small spots. 

 It measures 1'05 by •!. 



1 . Merida, Venezuela. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Saltator caerulescens, VieiU. 



Saltator caerulescens, 8d. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 290 (1886) ; Scl. 8,-Huds. 

 Argent. Orn. i. p. 42 (1888) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 224 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Greyish Saltator are of the usual type, but one 

 is remarkable in having a few black spots scattered over the lower 

 part of the shell. They measure respectively 1*15 by -76 and 



1-1 by -78. 



2. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 



Saltator azarsB, UOrh. 



Saltator superciliaris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 291 (1886) [part.]. 

 Saltator niagnus, Nehrk. {nee Grnel.) Kat. Eiersaynml. p. 98 (1899). 

 Saltator azarae, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 224 (1908). 



Two eggs of Azara's Saltator measure respectively 1'14 by '79 

 and 1-08 by -71. 



1. Peru (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Peru {Nelirkurn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Saltator aurantiirostris, VieiU. 



Saltator aurantiirostris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 292 (1886) ; Scl. Sf 

 Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 42 (1888) : Nehrk. Kat. Kiersamml. p. 98 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 224 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Yellow-billed Saltator measure respectively 

 1-0 by -78; 1-1 by -8 ; and 1-12 by -8. 



3. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 



Saltator albicollis, VieiU. 



Saltator albicollis, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505, pi. xlii, fig. 9 .- Salv. 

 i!j- Godtii. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 330 (1884) [part.]; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xi. p. 294 (1886) [part.]; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml.^. 98 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 225 (1908). 



Eggs of the White-nocked Saltator measure from -95 to 1*0 in 

 Icjiglb, and from -7 to -lo in breadth. 



