294 cujREBiDJi:. 



Buarremon elseoprorus, Sd. 4' '^^'^v. 



Buarremon elffioprorus, Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 504, pi. xlii. fi<r. 7 ; 

 Sd. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 265 f 1886) ; Nelirk. Kat. Eiersamml 

 p. 97 (1899); Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 338 (1909). 



The eggs of the Olive-backed Sparrow resemble those of Lysurus 

 castaneiceps, but the markings are in many places confluent and of 

 a rather brighter chestnut. Three specimens measure respectively : 

 •92 by -7 ; -94 by -68 ; and -94 by -66. 



2. Sauta Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 

 1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Buarremon meridse, Scl. Sf Salv. 



Buarremon meridfe, Scl. ^ Sah. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 785 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 266 (1886) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 338 (1909). 



Two eggs believed to be those of the Merida Sparrow are of a 

 rather long and somewhat pointed oval form. The ground-colour 

 is white thickly covered with spots and small blotches of brown 

 and lilac-grey, most dense towards the larger end. (jne egg 

 measures 101 by "66. 



2. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



Family CCEREBIDtE. 



Genus CCEREBA, Vieill. 

 Ccereba luteola (Cab.). 



Certhiola luteola, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 40 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899). 



Ccereba luteola, Chapvi. Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. vi. p. 25 (1894) ; 

 Bid(jw. Birds Middle df North Amer. n: p. 406 (1902); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 342 (1909) ; Nehr. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 322 (1910). 



The eggs of Cabanis's Sugar-bird are of a regular oval form and 

 rather glossy. The ground-colour is white marked all over, 

 but especially towards the larger end, with specks and spots of 

 chocolate, reddish-brown and lavender. They measure from -63 to 

 •65 in length, and from -5 to -51 in breadth. 



5. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



