37S 



The markings are generally rather more dense at the broad end. 

 Three specimens measure respective!)' : •99 by -76 ; "90 by '7l^ ; 

 •95 by -73. 



1. -Ajo, Buenos Ayres, Srd Feb. 



(with 4 eggs of M. rufu-a.vil- 

 laris, see p. 377). 



2. Ajo, 17th P'eb. (with 3 eggs of 



M. nifv-u.cillaris). 



Miss I. G. Ruunacles [C.]. 

 Miss I. G. Kunnacles [C.]. 



Genus AGELiEUS, Vieill. 

 AgelsBus phceniceus {Linn.). 



Icterus phojuiceus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. f/e.f. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 2, a, h 



(1845-o4j. 

 Agelaius phojniceus, Baechher, Eier Eur. Toy. tab. 76. tig. 14 (1855- 



63) ; Bcurd, Brewer Sf Riih/w. N. Amfir. Birds, ii. p. 159 (1874) ; 



Bendire. Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 449, pi. vi. figs. 13, 14, 



15 (1895). ' 

 Agelpeus phoeniceus, Coves, Birds N.-Wesf, p. 186 (1874); Scl. Cut. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 340 (1886 ; Seehohm, Eqqsof Brit. Birds, p. 231, 



pi. 64. tig. 18 (1896) ; IS^ehrk. Kat. Eiersumml. p. 100 (1899), 



p. 312 (1910); Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p 491 (1909). 

 Agelaius plioeuiceus phoeniceus, liidtjw. Birds North S; Middle Amer. ii. 



p. 330 (1902j. 



The eggs of the lled-winged Blackbird, or Iled-shouldered 

 Stai'ling, are of an oval shape, and moderately glossy. They are 

 pale bluish-green, often clouded at the ends with greyish-pink 

 or pale brown and sparingly marked, chiefly at the broad end, with 

 spots, streaks, and lines resembling those on tlie eggs of some 

 of the Buntings. These markings are black, brown, deep juirplish- 

 red, and pinkish-brown, many of them being blurred at the 

 margins and running into the surrounding ground-colour. 

 Numerous eggs measure from '9 to I'l in length, and from "07 

 to "75 in breadth. 



3. North America. 

 15. North America. 

 12. North America {Hemliaw Coll.). 



9. North America (•'Stnitha. Inst.). 



5. North America {T. M. Brewer: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. North America. 



2. North America (D. G. Elliot : 



Tristram Coll.). 



3. Fort Resobition, Gt. Slave Lake, 



June (./. Lockhart : Smiths. 

 Lest.). 

 2. Canada. 



6. Canada. 



4 Vermillion, South Dakota, 30th 

 May. 



4. Ileadville, Massachusetts, 20th 



May. 



Old Collection. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salviu-Godman CoU. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. liadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



