I 



TANGARIUS. — MOLOXHRUS. 373 



probably stains acquired in the course of incubation. Seven 

 exaini)les measure from -9 to 1-02 in length, and from ■" to '76 iu 

 breadth. 



These eggs agree with the description given by Nehrkorn. 



7. S. Gcronimo, Guatemala, 2nd June Salviu-Godmau Coll. 

 (li. Given). 



Taugarius aeneus ( Tr«^?.). 

 (Plate XYI. fig. 7.) 



Molothrus seneus, Later. Mem. L'ost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 281 (1874) ; Scl. 



Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xi. p. 335 [part.] (1885). 

 Callothrus teneus iEiieus, Riclgzu. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 203 



(1902). 

 Tangarius Kceus, Sharps, Hund-l. v. p. 489 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kut. Eier- 



samml. p. 342 (1910). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Bronzed Cow-bird, are of a long 

 pointed oval shape and devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white, 

 vith crooked and twisted lines and markings of deep chocolate- 

 brown and a few slighter lines of dark purplish-grey. They 

 measure respectively l'U9 by "65, and 1-0 by -G. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico {A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MOLOTHRUS, Swains. 

 Cf. Ludwig Holtz, J. f. 0. 1872, p. 193, Taf. i. figs. 2, a-e. 



Molothrus ater {Bodd.). 



Icterus pecoris, Thien. Fortpfianz. yes. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 1, a, b 



(1845-54). 

 Molothrus pecoris, Verrill, Pr. Essex Inst. iii. p. 151 (1802) ; Baird, 



Brewer ^- Bidi/w. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 154 (1874); Coues, Birds 



N.-West, p. 180 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 333 (1886) 



[part.] ; Salv. ^- Godnt. Bid. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 450 (1887) ; 



ISiehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 99 (1899). 

 Molothrus ater, liendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 434, pi. vi. 



li-s. 3-6 (1895) ; Sharpe, Uand-l. v. p. 490 (1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. 



Eiersamml. p. 342 (1910). 

 Molothrus ater obscurus, Bcndire, t. c. p. 441, pi. vi. figs. 7, 8. 

 Molothrus ater ater, Ridgiv. Birds Aorth ^- Midaie Amer. ii. p. 207 



(1902). 



The eggs of the Xorth-Amcrican Cow-bird are of a somewhat 

 broad oval shape and moderately glossy. They are white or 

 greyish-white, densely sptckled and mottled, csiiecially at the brond 

 end, with brown or dull reddish-brown and underlying lavender- 

 grey. They measure from -S to '92 in length, and from -63 to 7 

 in breadth. 



