295 



Ccereba mexicana (Sd.). 



Certhiola mexicana, &/. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 497 ; Salv. ^- Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ares, i. p. 250 (1883) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 



xi. p. 38 (188G) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eienamml. p. 94 (1899). 

 Coereba mexicana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 342 (1909). 



An egg of the Mexican Sugar-bird is a regular oval in form 

 and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, thickly speckled and mottled 

 with pale reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being densest 

 at the broad end, round which they form a wide zone. It 

 measures '64 by "5. 



1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Co- Salvin-Goduian Coll. 



lombia (7". K. Salmon). 



Ccereba flaveola (Linn.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 1). 



Certhiola flaveola, (fosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 84 (1847) ; Scl. Cut. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886) ; Nthrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899). 



CcEreba flaveola, Ridytv. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 414 (1902) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 343 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 

 (1910). 



Eggs of the Jamaica Sugar-bird are of a regular oval shape and 

 possess a small amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, densely 

 speckled and mottled with pale chestnut-brown and blotched with 

 faint underlying lavender. In one example the markings form an 

 irregular zone round tlie broad end ; in the other there is little or 

 no trace of any zone. They measure respectively : -69 by •52 ; 

 and "72 by •53. 



2. Jamaica. Rev. Benjamin Zincke [P.]. 



Ccereba newtoni, Baird. 



Certliiola flaveola, A. Sf E. Newton (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1859, p. 67. pi. xii. 



fig. 3. 

 Certhiola newtoni, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886). 

 Ccereba newtoni, liidgw. Birds North S,- Middle Amer.n. p. 416 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 343 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 



(1910). 



The eggs of Newton's Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 

 C.Jlavcola already described, but the ground-colour is pale cream- 

 colour or white. The markings are densest at the broad end and 

 form an irregular cap. Eight examples measure from "65 to 

 "75 in length, and from ^5 to ^52 in breadth. 



6. St. Croix, West Indies (.4. ^' E. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Newfo7i). 

 2. St. Croix, West Indies (.1. New- Crowley Bequest. 



ion: Tristram Coll.). 



