392 ICTERID &. 
Two eges believed to be those of the Black-headed Hangnest 
resemble eggs of J. spurius. They measure respectively: *75 by 
°bd; °73 by °d3. 
2. 
Mexico (H. Buckley: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Icterus auduboni, Giraud. 
Icterus melanocephalus, var, auduboni, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. 
Amer. Birds, ii. p. 186 (1874). 
Icterus melanocephalus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 375 (1886) [part.]; 
Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 468 (1887) [part. ]. 
Icterus auduboni, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr. v. p. 3 
(1879); Bendre, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 469, pl. vi. 
fies. 25-27 (1895) ; Sharpe, fHard-l. v. p. 501 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammil. p. 345 (1910). 
Icterus melanocephalus auduboni, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
ii. p. 282 (1902). 
An egg of Audubon’s Hangnest is of a regular oval shape and 
slightly glossy. It is white, somewhat thickly speckled all over 
with pale chestnut-brown and lavender, It measures -9 by ‘67. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Icterus cucullatus, Swains. 
Icterus cucullatus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer, Birds, ii. p. 193 
(1874) [part.]; Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 876 (1886) [part.]; 
Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 471 (1887) [part.] ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 501 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. p. 345 
(1910). 
Icterus cucullatus cucullatus, Rédgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. ii. 
p- 287 (1902), 
Two sets of eggs of the Hooded Hangnest are of a pointed oval 
form and almost devoid of gloss. ‘They are of two types: two 
examples are plain white, while the remainder haye the ground- 
colour pinkish-white or greyish-white, marked with twisted lines 
and blotches of deep chocolate-brown and liJac-grey, much as in 
I. baltimore and I. bullocki. They vary from :94 to 1°05 in length, 
and from °66 to ‘68 in breadth. 
1. North America (Nehrkorp Coll.). 
5. Tepic, W. Mexico, 5th June (W. 
B. Richardson). 
~ 
5. Tepic, 8th June (W. B. &.). 
Crowley Bequest. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Icterus sennetti, Ridgw. 
Icterus cucullatus, Sennett (nee Swains.), Buil. US. Geol. Geogr. Surv. 
Terr. v. p. 898 (1879); Bendire, Life-Hist. N, Amer. Birds, ii. 
p- 474, pl. vi. figs. 60-82 (1895). 

