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broad end than elsewhere. Two examples measure respectively : 
‘74 by -56; and ‘72 by °57. 
2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. AK. Salmon). 
Genus CONIROSTRUM, D’Orb. § Lafr. 
Conirostrum sitticolor, Lar. 
Conirostrum sitticolor, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 13 (1886) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 847 (1909). 
An egg, said to be that of the Black-throated Sugar-bird, is of a 
regular oval form and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is pale 
greenish-white blotched and spotted, especially towards the larger 
end, with lilac-grey, and with a few small purplish-black spots 
scattered over the shell. It measures *78 by *52. 
1. Bogota, U.S. Colombia (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Family TANAGRID:. 
Genus EUPHONIA, Desmarest. 
Euphonia nigricollis ( Vieill.). 
Euphonia nigricollis, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 61 (1886); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 855 (1909). 
Three eggs of the Black-necked Euphonia are of a slightly 
pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. ‘They are uniform greenish- 
white and measure respectively : °69 by °5; ‘69 by -45; and °63 
by °5. 
5. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 
Euphonia elegantissima (Bonap.). 
Euphonia elegantissima, Sel. P. ZS. 1859, p. 878; Salv. § Godm. Biol. 
Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 256 (1888); Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. 
p- 62 (1886) ; Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 12 (1902) ; 
TsO Hand-l. vy. p. 356 (1909); Nehrk, Kat. Eversammi. p. 324 
(1910). 
The eggs of the Blue-headed Euphonia are spheroidal in shape 
and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy-white 
very sparingly spotted, in one specimen with purplish-brown and 
lavender, and in another with brownish-pink and a few minute 
