ORYZOBORUS.—PYRRHULAGRA. 159 
Oryzoborus funereus (Sc/.). 
Oryzoborus funereus, Sel. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506; Salv. § Godm. 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves,i. p. 8349 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
xii. p. 81 (1888); Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 605 
(1901) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 205 (1908). 
Three eggs of the Dusky Rice-Grosbeak are of an oval shape 
and somewhat glossy. They are greenish-white, thickly marked 
with reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one speci- 
men the markings consist chiefly of small blotches; in another 
of dots and fine streaks. Three examples measure respectively : 
“71 by 54; -74 by °55; and °75 by °55. 
2. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S.Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(71. K. Salmon). 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus PYRRHULAGRA, Less. 
Pyrrhulagra ruficollis (Gmel.). 
(Plate IX. fig. 8.) 
Pyrrhula violacea, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 254 (1847). 
Loxigilla violacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds. B. M. xii. p. 82 (1888) [part. }. 
Pyrrhulagra violacea ruficollis, Redgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. 
p. 552 (1901). 
Pyrrhulagra ruticollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 205 (1908). 
Eggs of the Purple Grosbeak are regular ovals and slightly 
glossy. They are white or creamy-white, blotched and _ spotted, 
most thickly at the larger end where the markings coalesce and form 
a cap, with pale reddish-brown aud underlying purplish-grey. 
They measure from ‘9 to -96 in length, and from -62 to °68 in 
breadth. 
4. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Jamaica, tev. Barham Zincke [P.]. 
1. Jamaica, 8th Sept. (W. Osburn: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
1. Jamaica. Crowley Bequest, 
Pyrrhulagra grenadensis (C77). 
(Plate IX. fig. 7.) 
Loxigilla noctis, Zawr. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 614 (1886). 
Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis, Ltidgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. 
p- 560 (1901). 
Pyrrhulagra grenadensis, Sharpe, Hand-i. v. p. 206 (1908). 
Two eggs of the Grenada Grosbeak are of a rather long oval form 
and devoid of gloss. They are white, spotted and blotched with 
reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey, chiefly about the 
