168 PRINGILLIDE. 
Genus CARDINALIS, Bonap. 
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). 
Cardinalis virginianus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 
p- 100 (1874) [part.]; Red, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 25, p. 200 
(1884); Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 340 (1884) 
{part.|; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 106 (1899). 
Cardinalis cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 161 (1888) ; 2d. 
Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 
Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 1. 
p- 635 (1901). 
Eggs of the Cardinal are of an elongate oval shape and possess a 
considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 
white to ashy or greenish-white, and is very thickly covered with 
spots, streaks and blotches of ashy-brown and underlying purplish- 
grey. On many specimens the markings are large and more or 
less confluent; on others they are fine and distinct. In most 
cases they form an ill-defined cap at the larger end. Numerous 
specimens measure from °89 to 1-1 in length, and from ‘62 to °78 
in breadth. 
2. North America (Henshaw Coll). Salvin-Godiman Coll. 
2. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. North America (Smzths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Bermuda. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. Bermuda (S. G. &.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 
4, Bermuda (S. G. &.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P. |. 
4, Bermuda (S. G. 2.). Capt. Savile G. Reid tp 
2. Bermuda (J. Martache: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Bermuda (J. M.: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Bermuda (J. M.: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Ireland J., Bermuda (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
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Cardinalis canicauda, Chapman. 
(Plate IX. figs. 18 & 19.) 
Cardinalis virginianus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 21 (1878). 
Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus, Ridgw. Birds North S Middle Amer. i. 
p- 639 (1901). 
Cardinalis canicauda, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 219 (1908). 
Nine eggs of the Grey-tailed Cardinal resemble the finely spotted 
examples of C. cardimalis described above, and do not difter either 
in shape or in size. 
4, Texas, 20th March. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
5. San Antonio, Texas, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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