EHAMrnOCCELTIS. 309 



•81 by 'OS ; '89 by 'Go. In a tbinl egg the markings, wbicb arc 

 much smaller and less numerous, are reddish-brownish and reddish 

 lilac. It measures '79 by -6. 



2. [Jamaica] (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Jamaica.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus RHAMPHOC(ELUS, Dcsm. 



Rhainphoccelus brasilius (Linn.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 15.) 



Eamj)liocelu3 brasilius, Eulcr, J. f. O. 1867, p. 409; id., Bev. Mus. 



I'duUsta, iv. p. 20(1900). 

 lihauiphocoelus brasilius, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 170 (188G) ; Ihevin;/, 



Bev. Mus. Panlishi, iv. p. I'lO (19(0); S/uirpe, Hund-l. v. p. 38 L 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersam7nl. p. 326 (1910). 



Four eggs of the lirazilian Tanager are of a broad oval shape, and 

 slightly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly marked with .spots 

 of deep black, and with small underlying markings of blackish-grey 

 and grey. Thej' measure respectively: '9 by -7; "9 by "72; "9 by 



•G8 ; -88 by -08. 



2. lliode Janeiro. Alexander Frj', Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Iguape, Sao_Paulo, 7th Xov. Crowley Bequest. 



Rhamphocoeliis nigrigularis {Spix). 



Ramphocojlus nigrigularis, Scl. Sj- !:(di\ F. Z. S. 1866, p. 180 [Upper 



Ucayali]. 

 Ilhamphocoikis r.igiigularis, &cl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 171 (1886) 



S/iarpe, Iland-l. \. p. 381 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eienfamml. p. 356 



(1910). 



Two eggs of the Black-throated Tanager are similar to those of 

 Jl, brasilius but somewhat smaller. They measure respectively -SB 

 by -58 and -82 by -62. 



1. Upper Amazonia (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Up])er Ucaj^ali (E. Bartlett ; Crowley Bequest, 



Tristram Coll.). 



thamphoccelus dimidiatus, Lafr. 



Raiuphocadus dimidiatus, Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 326 ; Scl. S,- SaliK 



P.Z.S. 1879, p. 501; Salu. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 283 (1883). 

 RhampliocQ}lus dimidiatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 172 (1886) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 96 (1899), p. 326 (1910) ; Allen, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. xxi. p. 293 (lOOo) ; SItarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 (190',)). 



The eggs of the Red-bellied Tanager are of a normal oval shape 

 and fairly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly spotted and 



