294 CEREBIDA. 
Buarremon eleoprorus, Sc/. J) Sulu. 
Buarremon eleoprorus, Sel. § Salv. P. Z.S. 1879, p. 504, pl. xlii. fig. 7 ; 
Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 265 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 
p. 97 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 388 (1 909). 
The eggs of the Olive-backed Sparrow resemble those of Lysurus 
castaneiceps, but the markings are in many places confluent and of 
a rather brighter chestnut. Three specimens measure respectively : 
-92 by ‘7; ‘94 by °68; and -94 by °66. 
2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. K. Salmon). 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
Buarremon merida, Scl. g; Salv. 
Buarremon meride, Sel. § Sal. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 785; Sel. Cat. Birds 
B. M. xi. p. 266 (1886) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 338 (1909). 
Two eggs believed to be those of the Merida Sparrow are of a 
rather long and somewhat pointed oval form. The ground-colour 
is white thickly covered with spots and small blotches of brown 
and lilac-grey, most dense towards the larger end. One egg 
measures 1:01 by °66. 
2. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 
Family CQAREBID. 
Genus CHREBA, J7eill. 
Cereba luteola (Cud.). 
Certhiola luteola, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 40 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eversamml. p. 94 (1899). 
Cereba luteola, Chapm. Bull. Amer. Mus. N. HI. vi. p. 25 (1894) ; 
Pidgw. Birds Middle § North Amer. ii. p. 406 (1902); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 842 (1909); Nehr. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 322 (1910). 
The eggs of Cabanis’s Sugar-bird are of a regular oval form and 
rather glossy. ‘the ground-colour is white marked all over, 
but especially towards the larger end, with specks and spots of 
chocolate, reddish-brown and lavender. They measure from *63 to 
‘65 in length, and from °5 to ‘51 in breadth. 
5. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 
