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the fourth egg the creamy-white ground-colour is almost entirely 
hidden, being densely spotted and blotched all over with dull 
reddish-umber-brown and grey. They measure respectively: *68 by 
5; °68 by 5; *7 by 48; and -7 by ‘54. 
| 1. Venezuela, W.. ce Saunders, Esq. 
1. Venezuela. W. Radelits Saunders, sq. 
2. [ Venezuela. ] Crowley Bequest. 
Sporophila obscura (Vacz.). 
(Plate IX. fig. 10.) 
Spermophila obscura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 101 (1888) ; 
Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 196, 
Tae White-throated Finch, Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 426. 
Sporophila obscura, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 
The eggs of the White-throated Grosbeak are somewhat broad 
ovals and devoid of gloss. ‘T’wo specimens are very pale bluish- 
white, speckled sparingly, and only on the larger half of the egg, 
with blackish-brown and pale pink. Two other specimens are 
bluish-white, spotted and blotched with black, umber-brown and 
dull underlying grey. The markings are most dense at the broad 
end and are there intermingled with a few fine black lines and 
ae Four ae measure respectively: -68 by °5; °67 by 
65 by °52; -63 by °d1. 
ee Noy. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 
Argentina, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq = KORIR 
te bo 
Sporophila minuta (Lznz.). 
Spermophila minuta, Sel. § Salv. P. Z.S. 1879, p. 506 ; Salv. & Godm. 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 551 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
xii. p. 109 (1888) ; ’ Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 105 (1899) ; Lheiing, 
Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 215 (1900). 
Sporophila minuta minuta, kiidgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 567 
1901). 
ae minuta, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 
Eggs of the Red-bellied Seed-eater are of a blunt oval shape and 
without any gloss. They are white, sparingly marked with 
blotches and spots of dark chocolate-brown and profusely sprinkled 
all over with small specks and dots of pale rufous and lilac- “grey. 
They measure from ‘65 to ‘66 in length, and from ‘5 to °53 in 
breadth. 
2. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S.Colombia §Salvin-Godmen Coll. 
(T. K, Salmon). 
2. Medellin (7. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Medellin (Zristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Medellin (7ristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
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