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Genus PH(ENICOTHRAUPIS, Cab. 

 Phcenicothraupis rubicoides [Lnfr.). 



Pliceiiicotliraupi.s rubicoides, Sah\ S,- Godtn. Biol. Centr.-Ayner., Aves, i. 



p. 300 (18S3); Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 107 (1886); Sharpe, 



7/a«r/-/.v. p. 380(1909). 

 riiQjnicotbraupis ruLica rubicoides, Ridgiv. Birds North S)- Middle 



Amer. ii. p. 144 (1902). 



The eggs of the Mexican Ant-Tanager appear to be of two types. 

 Those taken by Salvin in Guatemala are of an ordinary oval shape 

 and slightly glossy. They are white, thickly mottled, but chiefly 

 at the broad end, with pale brownish-yellow and faint lavender. 

 They measure respectively : "92 by '67 ; "9 by "7 ; "04 by "68. 



Eggs taken by Blancaneaux in British Honduras are of a 

 narrow oval shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. 

 They are plain white, and measure respectively : 1 by -69 ; 1 by •67. 



3. Forest of Vera Paz, Guatemala, SaU-in-Godman Coll. 



March (O. Salvin). 

 2. British Honduras {F. Blanc- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ajieuu.v). 



Phoenicothraupis gutturalis, Sclater. 



Phcenicothraupis gutturalis, Scl. *§■ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 502, pi. xlii. 

 fig. 4 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 201 (1886) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 390 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersmmnl. p. 327 (1010). 



An egg of the Red-throated Black Tanager is of an elongated 

 oval shape and slightly glossy. It is white, thickly speckled and 

 mottled, especially at the broad end, with dull reddish-brown and 

 pale lavender. It measures 1 by -7. 



1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (7". K. Salmon). 



Genus TACHYPHONUS, Vieill. 

 Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.). 



Taclivplionus rufus, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. iii. p. 3o0 (1891) ; Iherinr/, 



iiev. Mu.^. rauli.^fa, iv. p. 210 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 302 



(1909) : Xehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. .".27 (1910). 

 Taclivplionus nigenimus, Euler, J. f. O. 1897, p. 408. 

 TachVphonus raelaleucus, Scl. ^- Sdh: P. Z. S. 1879, p. 503, pi. xlii. fig. n ; 



Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 309 (1883) ; &/. 



Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 236 (1886). 

 Tachyphonus melanoleucus, Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 97 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Tanager vary in shape from a narrow 

 to a broad oval and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are 

 greyish-pink, marked with some isolated spots, blotches, and 

 twisted lines of the deepest chocolate-brown or black. The 



