386 ICTERID.E. 



The eggs of De Filippi's Marsh-Starling closelj- resemble those 

 of T. viilitaris, but are somewhat smaller. Two specimens, how- 

 ever, difler remarkably from the others in being of a narrow 

 elongate oval form, and in being cream-colour, densely mottled all 

 over with pale chestnut-brown. Examples measure from '92 to 

 1-12 in length, and Irom -68 to -78 in breadth. 



2. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 

 1. [Argentine Republicj {Nehrkurn Crowley Bequest. 



Cull.: Tristram Coll.). 



Genus STURNELLA, rinll. 

 Sturnella magna {Linn.). 



Sturnella magna, Baird, Breiver &)• Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 174 

 (1874j ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 358 (1886) [part.J ; Sale. S,- 

 Godm. Biol. Ctntr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 456 (1887) [part.J ; Bendire, 

 Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 458, pi. vi. tigs. 20, i^ (1895); 

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

 liand-l.^. p. 497 (1909). 



Sturnella magna magna, liidijw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 357 

 (1902). 



The eggs of the Meadow-Lark are generally of a broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled, spotted, 

 and blotched in some cases with pale chestnut-brown or pinkish- 

 brown, in others with dark chocolate-brown, and again in others 

 with a combination of the two colours. All have, moreover, 

 numerous underlying markings of pale lavender-grey. The mark- 

 ings, especially the larger ones, are generally densest on the broad 

 end of the egg, but they seldom form a well-defined zone or cap. 

 Some specimens are marked entirely with small spots, but the 

 majority have both spots and blotches. They measure from -91 to 

 1'2 iu length, and from "75 to "9 in breadth. 



5. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. '^. AvaQnc& (T. M. Brewer : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



3. N. America {J. H. Giirney : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



8. '^. AM\e.v'ic&, {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. N. America {Henshaw Coll.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



6. Minnesota, 21st Mav. W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 

 5. Summerfield, Munroe Co., Michi- W. Itadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 gan, oth May (J. Tromhley). [P-]- 



4. Pennsylvania {D, G. Elliot .• Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



trum Coll.). 



