306 TANAGRIDA. 
Tanagra cyanoptera (J’rcill.). 
Tanagra cyanoptera, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 157 (1886) Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammi. p. 95 (1899), p. 826 \1910); Thering, Rev. Mus. 
Paulista, iv. p. 209 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 878 (1809). 
Two eggs of the Blue-shouldered Tanager resemble those of 
T. ornata*, and differ entirely from those of the other species of the 
genus represented in the Collection. They are pale blue, sparingly 
marked all over with small, well-defined, roundish spots of very 
dark purplish-black. One example measures ‘9 by ‘7. 
9 
2. Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 
Tarazra ayaca, Linn. 
(Plute XIII. figs. 5 & 8.) 
Tanagra sayaca, Euler, J. f. O. 1867, p. 410; Sed. Cat. Birds B. M, xi. 
p- 158 (1886): Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 6, 115; Euler, Rev. 
Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 20 (1900); Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. 
pp. 153, 209 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 878 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 
Liersamml. p. 326 (1910); Chubb, Ibis, 1910, p. 625. 
Eggs of the Grey-breasted Tanager vary in shape from a very 
long pointed oval to nearly spheroidal. The ground varies from 
white to creamy- white or greenish-white. In some examples the 
markings are remarkably like those found in the commonest type 
of Passer domesticus, the entire shell being thickly clouded and 
blotched with grey-brown and umber-brown. In others a large 
part of the ground-colour is visible, the markings, which consist 
of cloudings, spots and streaks of purplish-grey and dark purplish- 
brown, being mostly confined to the larger end of the shell. Ina 
third type all the markings are fine and there are no very distinct 
dark spots or streaks, the larger end of the shell being surrounded 
by a heavy clouded zone. They vary from °87 to 1-1 in length, and 
from °61 to -67 in breadth. 



3. Sapucay, Paraguay, 4th Nov. Mr. W. Foster [C.]. 
1. Sapucay, 24th Nov. Mr. W. Foster [C.). 
2. Sapucay, 25th Noy. Mr. W. Foster fen 
2, Sapucay, 30th Nov. Mr. W. Foster [C. 1. 
2, Sapucay, Ist Dec. Mr. W. Foster [C.]. 
2, Sapucay, 11th Dec. ; Mr. W. Foster |C.]. 
1. Sapueay. Mr. W. Foster [C.]. 
J. Sapucay. Mr. W. Foster [C.]. 

* The eggs of both this species and 7. cyanoptera presented by Mr, Fry 
were accompanied by skins of the birds, and there is therefore no reason to 
doubt their authenticity. 
