86 The Oologists' Record, December i, 1922. 



interesting. I had them from a correspondent in the Province of 

 Minas Geraes and hope to get more. They resemble eggs of 

 Rhyacornis fiiUginosa, but the rich vandyke markings are in the 

 form of a dense zone in one pair, and the effect is most handsome. 



Sporophila melanocephala {Vieill.). i single. 



„ sharpei {Lawrence). Sharpe's Seed Eater. 2/3. 



„ caeridescens {Vieill.). Olive Finch (of Argentina). 1/2. 



ornafa {Licht.). Papa-capim (Brazil). 3/2, i. 

 Fifty-seven species of Sporophila are enumerated in the Hand 

 List, so that a description of four seems rather inadequate. The 

 two sets of the Texan species differ very much, one set having 

 warm brown markings and the other purple and grey marks, chiefly 

 at the large end. 



Melopyrrha nigra {Linn.). Black Seed Finch, i '4. 



These eggs are more like some of the common types of lightly 

 marbled House Sparrows. 



Euethia olivacea {Linn.). Olive Finch. 1/4. 



canora {Gm.). Cuban Finch. 2/4, 1/2. 

 The first are rather lightly marked with reddish brown which 

 inclines to a zone, and the second resemble eggs of some of the 

 Titmice but lack the brightness of colour seen in the latter ; some 

 have slight zones. 



Volatinia jacarini {Linn.). Serra-serra (Brazil). 2/2, i. 



This interesting little species, of which 1 hope soon to secure 

 a series, shows an almost pure white ground with dark red markings 

 forming zones almost at the extremity of the large ends. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata {Bp.). Arizona Pyrrhuloxia. 1/4. 

 ,, texana {Ridg.). Texan Pyrrhuloxia. 1/2. 



Cardinalis cardinalis {Linn.). Cardinal. Series. 



canicauda {Chapman). Grey-tailed Cardinal- 1/4- 

 ,, floridaniis {Ridg.). Florida Cardinal. 2/3. 



sitperbus {Ridg.). Arizona Cardinal. 2/4, 1/3. 



igneits {Baird). San Lucas Cardinal, i single. 



The eggs of the various species of Cardinal and Pyrrhuloxia 



do not, to the superficial observer, present much variety. Indeed, 



the various sets of the Common Cardinal are as varied as those 



of all the other species as a whole. 



