374 



2. Nortli x\uierica {T. M. Bretver : 



Tristram Coll. ). 

 4. Nortli America (Z>. G. Elliot: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



North America (Sunt/ts. Inst.). 



North America, loth J una {Smiths. 

 Inst.). 



North America (Henshmo Coll.). 



Bangor, Maine, 1st June (&. Shep- 

 herd) (in nest of Sialia sialis). 



Itliaa, New York, 25th June 

 ( W. E. It. Scott). 



Massachusetts {Henshaiv Coll.). 



Princeton, New Jersey {W.E.D.S.). 



1. Princeton, 26th May (with o eggs 

 of Gcothli/pis trichas). 



1. Princeton, ISth June ( W.E U.S.). 



2. Princeton, 14tli June (with 2 eggs 



oi Icteria viridis). 

 1. Columbus, Ohio (P. M. Whealer : 

 Tristram Coll.) (in nest of 

 Eophophanes bicolor) . 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton Univeisity, N.J. 

 , [K.]. 



Salviu-Godraau Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



lP-]- . . .. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 



Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



["■^' . .. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



Princeton University, N..J. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Molotlinis obscurus {Gmel.). 

 (Plate XVI. figs. 14 & 18.) 



Molothrus ater obscurus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Sf Geoqr. Snn\ Terr. 



V. p. 396 (1879) ; Nehrlivg, Bull. Niitt. Orn. C. vii. "p. 166 (1882) ; 



Bidgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 210 (1902). 

 Molothrus pecoris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 333 (18S6) [part.]. 

 Molothrus obscurus, Sharpe, Hcmd-l. v. p. 490 (1909) ; Nelirk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 342 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Dwarf Cow-bird are similar to those of M. ater, 

 but smaller. They measure respectively: -83 by '62; '8 by "0 ; 

 •75 by "6 ; "75 by '58. 



4. San Antonio, Texas, May (in nests 

 of Vireo belli). 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Molothrus bonariensis {Gmel.). 



Icterus bonariensis, Thien. Fortpjlunz. ges. Tdi/. tab. xxxvii. fig. 12 (1845- 



54). 

 Molothrus sericeus, Burmrister, La Plata Beise, ii. p. 494 (1861); Iloltz, 



J. f. O. 1870, p. 15, Taf. i. fig. 1. 

 Moloth'rus bonariensis, Svl. P. Z. S 1872, p. 862 ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 153 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 335 (1886) ; Scl. Sf Huds. 



Ar(/ent. Orii. i. p. 72 (1888) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 198; Aplin, 



Ibis, 1894, p. 172; Kehrk. Kat. Eicrsainml. p. 100 (1899); Euler, 



Rev. Mus. PauUsta, iv. p. 35 (1900) ; Ihering, t. c. p. 220 (1900); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 490 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 342 



(1910) ; C. Grunt, Ibis, 1911, p. 103. 



