884 ICTEEIDiE. 



4. Ajo, 24tli Nov. (C. H. B. G.) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 



(■with five eggs of Mnlothrus 



rufo-a.villaris, see p. 377). 

 1. Ajo, 'lOth Oct. (with three eggs of Miss I. G. Runnacles [G.]. 



M. riifo-axillaris). 



3. Paraguay (with one e^c?. of M. A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



bonariejisis) (see p. 376). 



Genus CUR^US, Sdater. 



Curseus aterrimus (Kittl.). 



(Plate XVII. fig. 8.) 



Curreus aterrimus, ScL Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p, 3o4 (1886); James, 

 New List Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. '21; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 101 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; 8harpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 496 (1909). 



The eggs of the Chilian Starling are of an oval shape, sometimes 

 broad, sometimes long and narrow, and moderately glossy. They 

 ai-e of a blnish-white or very pale bine colour, frequently plain, 

 sometimes marked with a few black blotches, spots, lines, and 

 liieroglyphic-like figures at the broad end. They measure from 

 1-05 to i"35 in length, and from -77 to '86 in breadth. 



4. Chile. Old Collection. 



1. Chile, March ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Central Chile (Lnndbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Santiago, Chile, 29th Sept. (Tr/s- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



3. Temuco,SouthernChile,12thNov. A. Saldaiia [0.]. 



2. Temuco, 14th Nov. A. Saldaiia [C.I. 



4. Temuco, 19th Nov. A. Saldaiia [C.]. 



4. Temuco, 21st Nov. A. Saldana [C.J. 



3. Temuco, 26th Nov. A. Saldaiia [C.]. 



1. West Coast of Patagonia. Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



Genus TRUPIALIS, Bonaxy. 



Trupialis militaris {Linn.). 

 (Plate XVII. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Icterus militaris, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. T'off. tab. xxxvii. fig. 13, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Sturnella militaris, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 153. 



Trupialis militaris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 356 (1886) ; Scl. S,- Huds. 

 Arq. Orn. i, p. 104 (1888) ; James, Nnv List Chilian Birds, p. 3 

 (1892) ; Holland, Ibis, 1897, p. 286 ; Xekrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 101 

 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; Crativhai/, Birds of Tierra del Fvego, p. 67 

 (1907); Shariie, Hand-l. v. p. 496 (1909) ; C. Grunt, Ibis, 1911, p. 108. 



The eggs of the Patagonian Marsh-Starling are of a regular or 

 somewhat narrow oval shape, and moderately glossy. They are 

 pinkish-white, marked, more thickly at the broad end than else- 

 where, with smears, blotches, spots, and occasional lines of 



