GUBEENATKIX. ARKEMON. 291 



Paroaria cucullata, Gihuon, Ibis, 1880, p. 19 ; Scl. ^ Huds. Argent. Orn. 



i. p. 47 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 809 (1888); 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 197; AiMn, Ibis, 1894, p. 168; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 (1899), p. 321 (1910); Iherint), Rev. Mus. 



Paulista, iv. p. 216 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 382 '(1909). 

 Paroaria domiuicana, Dalrjleish, Proc. It. Phys. Sue. Edinb. vi. p. 246, 



pi. vii. fig. 5 (1880-1). 



Eggs of the Cardinal Fincli so closely resemble those of Diuca diuca 

 as to render any separate description unnecessary. They measure 

 from -87 to 1*02 in length, and from '63 to '68 in breadth. 



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



3. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Argentina. Crowlev Bequest. 



2. Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus GUBERNATRIX, Less. 



Gubernatrix cristata ( Vieill.). 



Gubeniatrix cristata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 815 (1888); 

 Iherinq, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 216 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. 

 p. 333 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 322 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Yellow Cardinal are of a regular oval shape and 

 decidedly glossy. They are pale bluish-white sparingly marked 

 with rounded spots and dots of black which are most numerous 

 round the larger end. They measure respectively '95 by '71 and 

 •9 by -7. 



2. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ARREMON, Vieill. 



Arremon silens {Bodd.). 



Arremon silens, Sclater, Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 273 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Handel, v. p. 333 (1909). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Black-billed Arremon, are of an 

 elongate oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are creamy- 

 white with larger and smaller spots of dull chestnut-red, and with 

 an underlying tracery of pinkish-grey all over the shell. They 

 measure respectively "81 by "58 and -81 by -59. 



2. British Guiana {H. Whitely). Crowley Bequest. 



Arremon spectabilis, Sclater. 



Arremon spectabilis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 275 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 333 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 322 (1910). 



Tlie eggs of Sclater's Arremon are of a narrow oval shape, with 



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