308 TANAGRIDZ®. 
Tanagra boaariensis ((mel.). 
Tanagra striata, Gmel.; Tacz. Orn, Pérou, ii. p. 489 (1884). 
Tanaera bonariensis, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 164 (1886); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 879 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Evcrsamni. p. 326 (1910). 
An egg of the Blue-and-Yellow Tanager resembles those of 
7. abbas, described above, but is somewhat larger and the dark 
specks and rounded spots on the larger end are deep black. It 
measures about 1:05 by °68. 
1. Rio Grande do Sul (Nehrkorn Coll.), Crowley Bequest. 
Genus SPOROTHRAUPIS, Ridguw. 
Sporothraupis auricrissa (Sc/ater). 
(Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 
Tanagra cyanocephala, Sel. § Salv. P. ZS. 1879, p. 501; Sel. Cat. Birds 
B. M. xi. p. 162 (1886) [part.]}. 
Sporothraupis auricrissa, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 879 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Fiersamml. p. 826 (1910). 
The eggs of the Blue-capped Tanager are of a narrow oval shape 
and exhibit a small amount of gloss. ‘l'hey are cream-colour, boldly 
spotted and blotched with lilac-brown, purplish-brown and lavender- 
erey. The markings are generally more numerous towards the 
larger end of the egg, and sometimes form an ill-defined cap. 
Four examples measure respectively; 1:02 by °7; 1:01 by °67; 
1:04 by -64; *92 by -68. 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
1. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. A. Salmon). 
2. Santa Elena (7. K. S.). Salvyin-Gedman Coll. 
Genus SPINDALIS, Jard. & Selby. 
Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson). 
Tanagra zena, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 231 (1847). 
Spindalis nigricephala, Sc/. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 166 (1886) ; Ridgw. 
Birds North § Middle Amer, ii. p. 64 (1902). 
Spindalis bilineata, Jard. § Selby; Sharpe, Hand-l, vy. p. 380 (1909). 
Eggs of the Cashew Bird or Jamaican Spindalis vary in form 
from subspheroidal to a somewhat long oval, pointed at the smaller 
end, They are devoid of gloss. In two eggs the ground-colour is 
greenish-white heavily, marked and blotched all over with burnt- 
umber and with underlying spots and blotches of paler greyish- 
brown, the markings being thickest towards the larger end, where 
they almost obscure the ground-colour. They measure respectively 
