OSTINOPS. —CACICUS, 369 
Ostinops decumanus, Sel. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 508; Sel. Cat. Birds 
B. M. xi. p. 315 (1886); Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 
i. p. 440 (1886); Alden, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. iii. p. 876 (1891) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 99 (1899), p. 840 (1910); Luler, Rev. 
Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 82 (1900); Ihering, Rev. Mus. Pauista, iv. 
p: 217 (1900); Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 184 
(1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 485 (1909). 
The eggs of the Crested Hangnest are of a regular oval shape, 
slightly glossy and of coarse texture. They appear to be very 
variable in colour. Two specimens have the ground white and 
two others have it pale greenish-blue, and they are both 
sparingly spotted aud blotched with deep black and lilac. Two 
other examples are pale pinkish-white mottled and smeared with 
lilac-grey. In addition, one is covered with a close tracery of fino 
purplish-brown lines, and the other is marked with a few blackish 
spots and blotches and some irregular lines of purplish-grey. They 
measure from 1°25 to 1:4 in length, and from °9 to 1 in breadth. 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
2. Remedios, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. A. Salmon). 
2. Tobago. Dr. W. F. Brehot { P.]. 
2. Tobago. Dr. W. F. Brehot ra 
Ostinops salmoni, Sclater. 
Ostinops atrocastaneus, Sel. § Salv. P. ZS. 1879, p. 509, pl. xiii. 
figs. 1, 2. 
Ostinops salmoni, Sci. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 317 (1885); Nekrk. Kat. 
Eversamnil. p. 99 (1899), p. 841 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 485 
(1909). 
The eggs of Salmon’s Hangnest are of a narrow oval shape, with- 
out gloss and slightly coarse in texture. They are of two types. 
In the first they are pinkish-white, blotched and smeared with two 
shades of sepia-brown and with underlying lavender-grey. In the 
second, the eggs are salmon-pink, spotted and mottled with pale 
reddish-brown and lilac-grey, and marked, in addition, with a few 
lines and specks of deep purplish-brown. They measure from 1°37 
to 1:5 in length, and from ‘94 to 1 in breadth. 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
3. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. A. Salmon). 
. Frontino (7. K. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Frontino (7. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll, 
Genus CACICUS, Luacé) ede. 
Cacicus persicus ( Lin.). 
Cassicus persicus, Sel. & Salv. P. Z. 8S. 1873, p. 266; Layard, Ibis, 1873 
fp , : ? ] ’ Yy : , , 
p. 881; Sel. Cat. Birds Lb. M. xi. p. 321 (1886); Allen, Bull. Amer. 
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