B84 ICTERID ©. 
4. Ajo, 24th Nov. (C. H. B. 7G) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [{ P.]. 
(with five egos of Molothrus 
rufo-avularis, see p. 377). 
1. <Aj6, 10th Oct. (with three egesof Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.]. 
M. rufo-avillaris). 
3. Paraguay (with one egg of WM. A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 
bonariensis) (see p. 376). 
Genus CURAUS, Selater. 
Cureus aterrimus (A‘7til.). 
(Plate XVII. fig. 8.) 
Cureus aterrimus, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 354 (1886); James, 
New Last Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 27; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 101 (1899), p. 344 (1910); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. y. p. 496 (1909). is 
The eggs of the Chilian Starling are of an oval shape, sometimes 
broad, sometimes long and narrow, and moderately glossy. They 
are of a bluish-white or very pale blue colour, frequently plain, 
sometimes marked with a few black blotches, spots, lines, and 
hieroglyphic-like figures at the broad end. They measure from 
1:05 to 1°35 in length, and from -77 to -86 in breadth. 

4. Chile. Old Collection. 
1. Chile, March (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 
2. Santiago, Chile, 29th Sept. ( T7zs- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
3. Temuco, Southern Chile, 12th Nov. A. Saldana [©.]. 
2. Temuco, 14th Nov. A. Saldana [C.]. 
4. Temuco, 19th Nov. A. Saldana |C. }. 
4. Temuco, 21st Nov. A. Saldaiia [ C.]. 
3. Temuco, 26th Nov. A. Saldana [C.]. 
1. West Coast of Patagonia. Dr. Coppinger [ P.]. 
Genus TRUPIALIS, Bonap. 
Trupialis militaris (Liun.). 
(Plate XVII. figs. 11 & 12.) 
Ieterus militaris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 18, a,b 
(1845-54). 
Sturnella militaris, Abbott, Iéis, 1861, p. 153. 
Trupialis militaris, Sc’. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 856 (1886) ; Sel. § Huds. 
Arg. Orn. i. p. 104 (1888) ; James, New List Chitian Birds, p. 3 
(1892) ; Holland, Ibis, 1897, p. 286; Nehrk. Kat. Liersammi. p. 101 
(1899), p. 844 (1910); Crawshay, Birds of Tierra del Fuego, p. 57 
(1907); Sharpe, Hand-l. v.p.496 (1809) ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 108. 
The eggs of the Patagonian Marsh-Starling are of a regular or 
somewhat narrow oval shape, and moderately glossy. They are 
pinkish-white, marked, more thickly at the broad end than else- 
where, witb smears, blotches, spots, and occasional lines of 
