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Strix pratincola, BoriATp. ; Sirix Jlammea oi Wilson ; Strix Ameri- 

 cana of Audubon. Screech Owl. — The egg is pure white, and mea- 

 sures 1 in. 1^ in lengtli and 1 in. y-^ in breadth. 



Turdus Falklandicus of Quoy and Gaim . ; Chilian name Torzal. — 

 This egg closely resembles those of our British Missel Thrush. The 

 ground colour pale bluish Avhite, spotted and speckled with pale red. 

 The length 1 in. -Į^, the breadth three-quarters of an inch. 



Geositta canicularia of Vieillot ; Chilian name Caminante. — ^The 

 egg is pure white, and measures ^^ of an inch in length by ^g of an 

 inch in breadth. 



Cyanotis oinnicolor, Swains. ; Chilian name Pajaro. — This small 

 egg measures only -^ of an inch in length by half an inch in breadth ; 

 of a pure and spotless •vvhite, but some specimens of the eggs are 

 tinged -vvith pale bufF-colour. 



Crithagra brevirostris , Gould ; Chilian name Chiriąue. — The egg 

 is white, tinged \vith green, speckled with brownish red, and mea- 

 sures ^ of an inch in length by half an inch and -į^ in breadth. 



Fringilla Diuca, Mol. The Chilian name is Thiuca or Diuca. — 

 The egg of this bird measures 1 inch in length by ^ of an inch in 

 breadth : the ground colour ■white, tinged -nith green, more or less 

 mottled all over with two shadci of greenish brown. 



Phytotoma rara, Mol. Called Rara by the natives. — The egg 

 measures 1 inch in length by -^ of an inch in breadth, and is of a 

 delicate bluish green, witli a few specks of dark reddish brown at the 

 larger end. 



Sturnella Loica, Mol. The Chilian name is Loica. — The egg of 

 this bird measures 1 in. ^ in length by ^ of an inch in breadth : 

 the ground colour vvhite, spotted and speckled with pale red, dark 

 bro\vnish red, and purple grey. 



Icterus Thilius, Mol. The Chilian name Thili or Trili. — This egg 

 measures 1 inch in length by -^ of an inch in breadth : the ground 

 colour \vhite, sometimes tinged with buff, with a few spots and 

 streaks of dark reddish brown deposited over the larger end. 



Zenaida aurita, Temm.; Chilian name Tortola. — The egg of this 

 species, which is the most common of the Columbidee found in 

 Chile, is -vvhite, and measures 1 in. -Į^ in length by ^ of an inch in 

 breadth. 



Columbina strepitans, Spix ; Tortolita cyana of the Chilians. — The 

 egg of this pretty little species of Dove is also of a pure white, smooth 

 and shining ; the length J^ of an inch, the breadth ^. 



Nothura perdicaria, G. R. Gray ; Perdiz of the Chilians. — This 

 beautiful egg, of a uuiform rich purple-chocolate brow'n, the sur- 

 face smooth and polished, measures 1 in. -į^ in length and 1 in. -^ 

 in breadth. 



l'wo other unnamed eggs in this collection, of the šame character 

 and colour as that of the Nothura last-described, and probably be- 

 longing to two species of the genus Tinochorus found in Chile, may 

 be here referred to ; the larger one 2 in. Jg. in length by If in. in 



