316 TANAGRID.E.—PLOCEID.E. 
Genus PSITTOSPIZA, Bonap. 
Psittospiza riefferi (Lovss.). 
Psitt spiza riefferi, Sel. § Salv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 505, pl. xlii. fig. 8; 
Sel. Cat. Birds B, M. xi. p. 281 (1886); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 405 
(1909). 
An egg of Rieffer’s Tanager is nearly elliptical in shape, the two 
ends being much alike, and moderately glossy. It is greyish-white, 
thickly mottled and freckled, especially at the broader end, with 
pale brown and lavender-grey. It measures 1:18 by ‘8. 
1. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. AK. Salmon). 
(genus ORCHESTICUS, Cab. 
Orchesticus abeillei (Zess.). 
(Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 
Orchesticus abeillii, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 297 (1886) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 407 (1909). 
Two eggs of the Brown Tanager are of a very regular oval shape 
and without gloss, They are white with a slight tinge of pink, 
marked with large blotches of pale chestnut, smaller blotches of 
deep reddish-brown and a few specks of lavender. The markings 
are chiefly confined to the broad end of tne egg. They measure 
respectively : ‘83 by °65; °81 by °63. 
2. Mio de Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P. ]. 
Family PLOCEID. 
Genus DIATROPURA, Oberh. 
Diatropura progne (Bodd.). 
(Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 
Chera progne, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 465; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 74; 
Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 458 (1875-84) ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 218 (1890). 
Chera proene, Kuschel, J. f. O. 1895, p. 338. 
Coliopasser procne, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 189 (1900). 
Coliuspasser progne, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 32 (1905). 
Diatropura progne, Reich. Vig. Afr. iii. p. 144 (1904); Sharpe, Hand-l. 
y. p. 410 (1909). 
Diatropura procne, Nehrk. Kat, Eiersammi. p. 829 (1910). 
Eggs of the Great-tailed Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 
