10G rURDIDJK. 



at the larger end. They measure from 1 # 05 to 1*12 by from 



•78 to -82. 



2. Grenada, W. Indies, 30th April Crowley Bequest. 



(J. G. Wells). 

 .*!. (Jrenada, 12th June (J. G. W.). Crowley Bequest. 



Merula amaurochalina, Cab. 



Tui'dus leucomelas, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 213 (1881) ; Scl. 



8c Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 1 (1888) ; Sharpe in Seebohm' s M r on. 



Turdidce, i. p. 23") (189S); Xehrk. Knt. Eiersamml. p. 36 (1899); von 



Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista,\\. p. 197 (1900). 

 Merula amaurochalina, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 124 (1903). 



Two of the eggs of the Dusky Ouzel in the Collection are very 

 unlike each other. One, a remarkably long pointed oval in shape, 

 is light greenish blue, sprinkled all over, especially at the larger end, 

 with spots and streaks of bright reddish brown and lavender ; while 

 the other is of a blunt oval form, boldly blotched with chestnut- 

 brown and violet, very handsome. Both are fairly glossy. They 

 measure respectively : 1*22 by "77 and 1-08 by *83. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowlej Bequest. 



2. Brazil. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 



Merula maculirostris, Berlepsch. 



Turdus albiventris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 328. 



Turdus leucomelas, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 213, part. (1881). 



Turdus maculirostris, Sharpe in Seebohm's Mon. Turdidce, i. p. 239 



(1898). 

 Merula maculirostris, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 124 (1903). 



The eggs of the Ecuadorian Dusky Ouzel are of a regular oval 

 form and almost devoid of all gloss. They are of a faint blue or 

 bluish-green ground-colour, somewhat thickly speckled and blotched 

 with reddish brown and lilac. The markings are more dense at 

 the broad end, where they form a very distinct cap. They average 

 1-18 by -83. 



2. Pallatanga, Ecuador (L. Fraser). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Pallatanga (L. F. : Tristram Coll.) . Crowley Bequest. 



Merula ignobilis, Scl. 



Turdus ignobilis, Scl. $ Sale. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 491 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 li. M . v. p. 214 (1881) ; Sharpe in Seebohm's Mon. Turdidce, \. p. 241 

 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 36 (1899). 



Merula ignobilis, Sharpe, Iland-l. iv. p. 124 (1903). 



The sis eggs of the Colombian Dusky Ouzel in the Collection 

 are of two very distinct types. The first is rather lightly marked 

 with reddish purple and purplish brown, the spots and blotches 

 being gathered together at the larger end on a ground of pule 

 bluish grey to form an irregular cap. In the second the ground 



