-CCEREBA, 295 
Coreba mexicana (Scl.). 
Certhiola mexicana, Scl. § Salv. P. Z.S. 1879, p. 497; Salv. § Godm. 
Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 250 (1883) ; Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. 
xi. p. 38 (1886); Nehrhk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899). 
Ccereba mexicana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 342 (1909). r: 
An egg of the Mexican Sugar-bird is a regular oval in form 
and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, thickly speckled and mottled 
with pale reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being densest 
at the broad end, round which they form a wide zone. It 
measures ‘64 by °d. 
1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Co- Salvin-Gedman Coll. 
lombia (7. A. Salmon). 
Cereba flaveola (Linn.). 
(Plate XIII. fig. 1). 
Certhiola flaveola, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 84 (1847); Sel. Cat. Birds 
B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 94 (1899). 
Cereba flaveola, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 414 (1902); 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 343 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p. 323 
(1910). 
Eggs of the Jamaica Sugar-bird are of a regular oval shape and 
possess a small amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, densely 
speckled and mottled with pale chestnut-brown and blotched with 
faint underlying lavender. In one example the markings form an 
irregular zone round the broad end ; in the other there is little or 
no trace of any zone. They measure respectively: -69 by °52; 
and °72 by °53. 
2. Jamaica. Rev. Benjamin Zincke [P.|. 
Cereba newtoni, Baird. 
Certhiola flaveola, 4. § E. Newton (nec Linn.), Ibis, 1859, p. 67. pl. xii. 
fig. 3. 
Certhiola newtoni, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886). 
Coreba newtoni, udgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 416 (1902) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 343 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamm. p. 323 
(1910). 
The eggs of Newton’s Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 
C. flaveola already described, but the ground-colour is pale cream- 
colour er white. The markings are densest at the broad end and 
ferm an irregular cap. Eight examples measure from ‘65 te 
‘75 in length, and from °5 to -52 in breadth, 
6. St. Croix, West Indies (4. § £. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Newton). 
2. St. Croix, West Indies (4. New- Crowley Bequest. 
tox: Tristram Coll.). 
