158 FRINGILLID®. 
Genus CYANOCOMPSA, Cab. 
Cyanocompsa parellina (Bonap.). 
Guiraca parellina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 69 (1888) [part.]; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 104 (1899). 
Cyanocompsa parellina parellina, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 1. 
p- 601 (1901). 
Cyanocompsa parellina, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 203 (1908). 
Four eggs of the Blue Bunting vary from a broad to a somewhat 
pointed oval form and are distinctly glossy. They are pure white, 
and measure from ‘8 to °89 in length, and from ‘66 to °68 in 
breadth. 
2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 
2. Yucatan (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus ORYZOBORUS, Cub. 
Oryzoborus torridus (Scop.). 
Oryzoborus torridus, Sharpe, Cat. Bards B. M. xii. p. 77 (1888) ; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p. 195 (1899); Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. 
p- 213 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 
An egg, said to be that of the Brazilian Rice-Grosbeak, is of a 
nearly regular oval form and distinctly glossy. It has the ground- 
colour pale creamy-white, finely and densely spotted all over, but 
especially round the larger end, with reddish-brown and with a few 
scattered markings and spots of rich dark brown. It measures 
‘76 by 58 (=21 by 15 mm.). These measurements are somewhat 
greater than those given by Nehrkorn and Ihering (19 by 14 mm.). 
1. IRguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 24th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gme/.). 
(Plate IX. fig. 6.) 
Oryzoborus occidentalis, Sel. § Salv. P. ZS. 1879, p. 506. 
Oryzoborus crassirostris, Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 348, 
” footnote (1885); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 79 (1888); id., 
Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 
The eggs of the Thick-billed Rice-Grosbeak are lengthened ovals, 
and but very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is a very light 
puff, and the entire surface of the egg is covered with spots, 
blotches, smears and clouds of dark chocolate-brown, pale chocolate- 
brown, and underlying pinkish-grey. Two examples measure 
respectively : *9 by 65; *9 by °6. 
» Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia — Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(T. K. Salmon). 
