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Two eggs of the Ruffed Hangnest arc of very differeut size 

 and shape. Both are plain white, without gloss, and coarse in 

 texture. One example is an elongate oval and measures 1*42 

 by '9 ; the other is a short, blunt oval, and measures 1-15 by -85. 



Nehrkorn describes the eggs as being dull bluish with a few 

 blackish-brown spots and hieroglyphics. 



This bird, being parasitic in its nesting-habits, appears to lay 

 eggs of varied colouring. 



2. Remediof, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia {^T. K. Salmon). 



Geuus rOLICHONYX, Siuains. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). 



Dolichonyx orvzivora, Baird, Breicer Sf Ridgxv. JV. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 149 

 (1874) ; Coucs, Key N. Avier. Birds, p. 400 (1884) ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. 31. xi. p. 331 (1886) ; Sah. v.V Godm. Biol. Cetitr.-Amer., Ave.<<, 

 i. p. 44S (1886) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 429, 

 pi. vi. fig-a, 1, 2 (1895); Aekrk. Knt. Eiersamml. p. 99 (1899); 

 Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paidista, iv. p. 219 (1900) ; Ridgivai/, B. North 

 ^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 370 (1902) ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. v. p. 489 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersavi7nl. p. 341 (1910). 



The eggs of the Bobolink, or American Rice-bird, are of a regular 

 oval shape, smooth and glossy. They are pinkish-white or grey, 

 smeared, blotched and marked in various ways with rich brown, 

 pale purplish- or reddish-brown, and lavender-grey. The markings, 

 though often dense all over the shell, are more so at the broad end 

 than elsewhere. They measure from '82 to "92 in length, and from 

 •6 to -66 in breadth. 



3. North America ( T. Buckley : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. North America [Henshaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Rockingham, Vermont, 31st May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. South Carolina ('/'. M. Brexver : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Genus TANGARIUS, Lesson. 



Tangarius involucratus. Less. 



Molothrus asneus, Oiven (neic WcujL), Ibis, 1801, p. 01 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 334 (1886) [part".] ; Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Cetitr.-Amer., 

 Aves, i. p. 451 (1887) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 100 (1899). 



Tangarius involucratus, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. ^. ABd (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 342 (1910). 



The eggs attributed to the Red-eyed Cow-bird by ITr. R. Owen 

 are broad ovals, very glossy, and of a very pale blue colour. There 

 are a few small spots on some of the specimens, but they are 



