GEOTHLY PIS. —1I0TERTA. 69 
Geothlypis cucullata (Lath.). 
Geothlypis velata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 863 (1885); Sel. § 
Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 20 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Kiersammil. p. 90 
(1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 203 (1900). 
Geothlypis cucullata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 116 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Veiled Wood-singer are of an ordinary oval 
shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, 
spotted and blotched, almost entirely at the broad end where the 
markings form a confluent cap, with brownish-pink, deep purplish- 
red, and lilac. They measure respectively: -72 by ‘51; -7 by °52. 
2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus ICTERIA, Vveill. 
Icteria viridis (Gmel.). 
(Plate IV. fig. 7.) 
Icteria virens, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 1. p. 807 (1874). 
Icteria viridis, Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 157 (1881) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 573 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammi. 
p. 90 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 117 (1906). 
The eggs of the Yellow-breasted Warbler are of a blunt oval form 
and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, spotted and 
blotched with reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being 
larger and often confluent at the broad end, where they form an 
irregular zone or thin cap. Specimens measure from °81 to °91 in 
length, and from °6 to °7 in breadth. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll, 
10. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. Neosho Falls, Kansas (2. F. Goss: Crowley Bequest. 
Smiths. Inst.). 
3. Washington, 15th June (Henshaw  Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Coll.). 
4. New Jersey (D. G. Elliot). Crowley Bequest. 
2. New Jersey, 14th June (with two Princeton University, N.J. 
egos of Molothrus pecoris). [ E.]. 
6. New Haven, Connecticut, 10th W. iadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
July. eal: 
1. Virginia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Icteria longicauda, Lawr. 
Icteria virens, var. longicauda, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer, Birds, 
i. p. 809 (1874). 
Ieteria longicauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 875 (1885); Nehrk. 
Kat. Kiersammil. p. 90 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 118 (1906). 
Eggs of the Long-tailed Yellow-breasted Warbler do not appear 
