372 ICTERID 2%. 
Two eggs of the Ruffed Hangnest are of very different size 
and shape. Both are plain white, without gloss, and coarse in 
texture. One example is an elongate oval and measures 1°42 
by °9; the other is a short, blunt oval, and measures 1:15 by °85. 
Nehrkorn describes the eggs as being dull bluish with a few 
blackish-brown spots and hieroglyphies. 
This bird, being parasitic in its nesting-habits, appears to lay 
eggs of varied colouring. 
2. Remedios, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. K. Salmon). 
Genus DOLICHONYX, Swains. 
Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.). 
Dolichonyx oryzivora, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 149 
(1874); Cowes, Key N. Amer. Birds, p. 400 (1884); Sel. Cat. Birds 
B, M. xi. p. 331 (1886); Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 
i. p. 448 (18886) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer, Birds, ii. D. 429, 
pl. vi. figs, 1, 2 (1895) ; Hes Kat. Eiersamml. p. 99 (1899) ; 
Thering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 219 (1900) ; Ridgway, B. North 
& Middle Amer. ii. p. 879 (190: 2 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 489 (1909) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 341 (1 910), 
The eggs of the Bobolink, or American Rice-bird, are of a regular 
oval shape, smooth and glossy. ‘They are pinkish-white or grey, 
smeared, blotched and marked in various ways with rich brown, 
si 5 ae : 
pale purplish- or reddish-brown, and lavender-grey. The markings, 
though often dense all over the shell, are more so at the broad end 
than elsewhere. They measure from ‘82 to ‘92 in length, and from 
*6 to ‘66 in breadth. 
8. North America (7. Buckley : Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coill.). : 
1. North America (fenshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. Rockingham, Vermont, 51st May. W. Radclitte Saunders, Esq. 
feat 
1. South Carolina (7. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 
‘ristram Coll.). 
Genus TANGARIUS, Lesson. 
Tangarius involucratus, Less. 
Molothrus zeneus, Owen (new Wagl.), Ibis, 1861, p. 61; Sel. Cat. Birds 
BM ap: 334 (1886) [part.]; Salv. § Godm. Biol, Centr .-Amer., 
Aves, i. p. 451 ser) Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. p. 100 (1899). 
Tangarius involucratus, Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 489 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
“Eiersammi. p. 342 (1 910). 
The eggs attributed to the Red-eyed Cow-bird by Mr. R. Owen 
are broad ovals, very glossy, and of a very pale blue colour. There 
are a few small spots on some of the specimens, but they are 
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