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Genus PHENICOTHRAUPIS, Cw. 
Pheenicothraupis rubicoides (Za/r.). 
Phcenicothraupis rubicoides, Salv. § Godm, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 
p- 800 (1883); Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 197 (1886) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l, v. p. 889 (1909). 
Pheenicothraupis rubica rubicoides, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle 
Amer. ii. p. 144 (1902). 
The eggs of the Mexican Ant-Tanager appear to be of two types. 
Those taken by Salvin in Guatemala are of an ordinary oval shape 
and slightly glossy. They are white, thickly mottled, but chiefly 
at the broad end, with pale brownish-yellow and faint lavender. 
They measure respectively : ‘92 by °67; ‘9 by *7; -94 by ‘68. 
Eggs taken by Blancaneaux in British Honduras are of a 
narrow oval shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. 
They are plain white, and measure respectively : 1 by -69; 1 by °67. 
3. Forest of Vera Paz, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 
March (0. Salvin). 
2. British Honduras (F. Blance- Salvin-Godman Coll. 
aneaur). 
Phenicothraupis gutturalis, Sclatc7. 
Phenicothraupis gutturalis, Sel. § Salv. P.Z. S. 1879, p. 502, pl. xlii. 
fig. 4; Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 201 (1886); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 390 (1909); Nehrk. Kut. Eiersammil. p. 327 (1910). 
An egg of the Red-throated Black Tanager is of an elongated 
oval shape and slightly glossy. It is white, thickly speckled and 
mottled, especially at the broad end, with dull reddish-brown and 
pale lavender. It measures 1 by °7. 
1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. A. Salmon). 
Genus TACHYPHONUS, Vell. 
Tachyphonus rufus (Bodd.). 
Tachyphonus rufus, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. iii. p. 859 (1891) ; Ihering, 
Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 210 (1900); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 892 
(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 327 (1910). 
Tachyphonus nigertimus, Luler, J. f. O. 1897, p. 408. 
Tachyphonus melaleucus, Se/. § Salv. P. ZS. 1879, p. 503, pl. xlii. fig. 5 ; 
Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 309 (1888); Sel. 
Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 256 (1886). 
Tachyphonus melanoleucus, Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 97 (1899). 
The eggs of the Black Tanager vary in shape from a narrow 
to a broad oval and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are 
greyish-pink, marked with some isolated spots, blotches, and 
twisted lines of the deepest chocolate-brown or black. The 
