388 ICTERID &. 
3. Nevada, 
Coll.). 
1. Carson City, Nevada, 21st April 
(Henshaw Coll.). 
4. Santa Cruz, California, 17th May. 
3rd June (Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Crowley Bequest. 
Sturnella meridionalis, Sclater. 
Sturnella meridionalis, Sel. Ibis, 1861, p. 179; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 498 
(1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eviersamml. p. 344 (1910). 
Sturnella magna, Ihering (nec Linn.), Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 222 
(1900). 
An egg of the Venezuelan Meadow-Lark is similar to that of 
S. magna. 
1. Venezuela (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus ICTERUS, Brisson. 
Icterus baltimore (Zinn.). 
Icterus baltimore, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 3, a, b 
cae Baird, Brewer §& Ridgw. N. Amer, Birds, it. 195 
(1874) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 364 (1886); Salv. & Godm. 
Biol. Centr -Amer., Aves, i. p. 460 (1887) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p. 101 (1899), p. 344 eae Sharpe, Handel. v. p. 498 (1909). 
Icterus galbula, Bendire, Life- Hist. N. Amer. Btrds, ii. p. 482, pl. vii. 
figs. 6-9 (1895) ; Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. p. 310 
(1902). 
The eggs of the Baltimore Hangnest are of a narrow and 
sharply-pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are 
ereyish-white, marked with spots, blotches and lines, both fine 
and thick, of black, brown or chocolate-brown and underlying 
lavender. The lines at the broad end of the egg in one specimen 
are complex and tangled, forming an irregular cap. The eggs vary 
from ‘86 to 1 in length, and from °6 to °65 in breadth. 
North America (Henshaw Coll.). 
North America (Smzths. Inst.). 
Fort Dufferin, N.A., 14th June 
(G. M. Dawson). 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 
ba Fb 
4, Cedar Rapids, lowa, 5th June W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(F. L. Purcks). (eal 
4. Chester, Pennsylvania (C. J. Princeton University, N.J. 
Pennock). [E.}. 
5. Summit, New Jersey (W. £. D. Princeton University, N.J. 
Scott). [E.]. 
4, Princeton, N.J., 6th June (W. £. Princeton University, N.J. 
D. 8). (E.]. 
7. Philadelphia (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
1. Massachusetts (7. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
