ICTERUS. 393 



Icterus cucullatus seniietti, Ituhjiv. Birds North Sj Middle Amer. ii. 



p. 289 (1JJ02). 

 Icterus sennetti, Sharpe, Iland-l. v. p. 501 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 345 (1910). 



Eggs of Sennclt's Haiigiiest arc of an elongate, pointed, oval 

 shape, and witliout gloss. The ground is -nhite, one is speckled all 

 over with pale brown and lavender, the remainder are marked at 

 the broad end only with a wreath of black and lavender spots and 

 lines. They measure respectively : '91 by •& ; '9 by "02 ; '9 by 

 •59 ; -88 by -62 ; -86 by -62 ; and -85 by G-1. 



2. North America (Sniiths. Imt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. San Antonio, Texas, 6th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Icterus mesomelas ( Wagl.). 

 (Plate XYII. fig. 20.) 



Icterus mesomela?, Bovcard, P. Z. S. 1883,' p. 445; Scl. Cut. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 378 (1^86) ; Salv. i>f- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Ares, 

 i. p. 470 (1887) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 102 (1899), p. 345 

 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 502 (1909). 



Icterus mesomelas mesomelas, Bidyio. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. 

 p. 305 (1902). 



Eggs of the Yellow-tailed Hangnest are of a pointed or elongate 

 oval form and slightly glossy. They are greyish-white, marked 

 with lines of dark chocolate-brown and lavender. Some of the 

 lines are short and blotchy ; others are fine and encircle the egg in 

 an irregular manner, but most of the markings are confined to the 

 larger end. Four specimens measure respectively: I'lS by •? ; 

 1-15 by -7; 1-06 by -75; 1-06 by -7. 



] . Mexico {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Vera I'az, Guatemala, Nov. (^'e^?-- Crowley Bequest. 



korn Coll. : Tristram Coll.). 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan {G. F. Gem- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mer). 



1. Honduras. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Icterus giraudi, Cassia, 

 (Plate XYII. fig. 19.) 



Icterus giraudi. M. Sf Salv. F. Z. S. 1879, p. 509 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xi. p. 379 (]88(>); Halv. <!^- Godm. Biol. CeiUr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 469 

 (1887); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 102 (1899), p. 345 (1910); 

 Ridqic. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. ii. p. 293 (1902) ; Sharpe, 

 Ua'nd-l. V. p. 502 (1909). 



Four eggs of Giraud's Hangnest are of a rather narrow oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are dull white, marked, chiefly at 



