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broad end tliaii elsewhere. Two exampks measure respective!}- : 

 "74 by 'SG ; and '72 by •57. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 Colombia {T. K. Sulmon). 



Genus CONIROSTRUM, D'Orl. S,- Lafr. 

 Conirostrum sitticolor, Lafr. 



Couiiostrum sitticolor, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 1.3 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 347 (1909). 



An egg, said to be that of the Black-throated Sugar-bird, is of a 

 regular oval form und devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is palo 

 greenish-white blotched and spotted, especially towards the larger 

 end, with lilac-grey, and with a few small purplish-black spots 

 scattered over the shell. It measures "78 by •52. 



1. Bogota, U.S. Colombia {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Family TANAGEID.^. 



Genus EUPHONIA, Desmarest. 



Euphonia nigricollis ( VieiU.). 



Euphoiiia nigricollis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 61 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 355 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Black-necked Euphonia are of a slightly 

 pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. They are uniform greenish- 

 white and measure respectively : "69 by -5 ; "69 by '45 ; and '63 

 by -5. 



l3. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



Euphonia elegantissima {Bonap.). 



Euphonia elegantissima, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. '378 ; Salv. Si- Gudm. Biol. 

 Ceiitr.-Ainer., Ares, i. p. 266 (1883); Scl. Cat. Birds B. 3J. xi. 

 p. 62 (1886) ; Bidffic. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. p. 12 (1902) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v". p. 356 (1909) ; JSehrh. Kat. Biersumml. p. 324 

 (1910). 



' The eggs of the Blue-headed Euphonia are spheroidal in shape 

 iind almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy-white 

 ■ery sparingly spotted, in one specimen with purplish-brown and 

 lavender, and in another with brownith-pink and a few minute 



