130 CUCULID^^, 



1, Mexico (NchrJcom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. San Gevonimo, Guatemala, 3rd Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April (E. Owen). 

 1. San Geronimo, May (O. Salvin : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Sub-Family CROTOPHAGIN^E. 



The eggs of the Cuckoos of this group are of a blue colour, more 

 or less covered by a white chaliiy deposit. They are elliptical in 

 shape. 



Genus CROTOPHAlGA, Linn. 



Crotophaga major, Gm. 



Crotophaga major, Thien. Fortpfianz. qes. Vocj. p. 91, tab. xv. fio-. 8 (nee 10) 

 (1845-54); Shdley, Cat. Birds' B. M. xix. p. 41^8 (1891); Nchrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 173 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Miis. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 263 (1900j ; Skarpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 175 (1900). 



An egg of the Greater Ani in the Collection is of a deep blue 

 colour, covered over the larger part of its surface with a thin white 

 deposit. It measures 1'7 by 1*35. 



1. Brazil. Crowley Bequest. 



Crotophaga ani, Linn. 



Crotophaga aui, UOrh. iii De La Saijrds Hist. Cuba, Aves, pi. xxxi. 

 lig. 22 (1839) ; Thien. Fort^jflanz. 'ges. Vog. p. 90, tab. xv. fig. 9, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Gosse, Birds Jamaica,!^. 282 {18A7) ; A.^ F. Newton, Ibis, 

 1859, p. 148, pi. xii. fig. 5 ; Baird, Breiver Sf liidgw. N. A^ner. Birds, 

 ii. p. 488 (1874) ; Fah/leish, Proc. Ii. Phys. !Soc. Fdinh. x. p. 81 

 (1888-90) ; Scl. S,- Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 31 (1889) ; Shellet/, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xix. p. 429 (1891); Be7idire,Life-Hist. N. Amer! Birds, 

 ii. p. 6, pi. i. fig. 6 (1895) ; Salv. iSf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 ii. p. 544 (1896) ; Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 331 ; Kehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 173 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 263 (1900) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 175 (1900). 



Many of the eggs of the Black Aui or Savanna Blackbird are of 

 a deep blue colour ; others are thickly covered with white chalky 

 matter, which becomes scratched or worn away in places and allows 

 the blue shell beneath to be visible. Specimens measure from 1-26 

 to l-4b in length, and from -9 to 1-1 in breadth. 



5. N. America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Jamaica {W. Osbnrn: Tristram Crowlev Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Jamaica, 11th Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Jamaica. Eev. Barham Zincke [P.]. 



1. St. Croix, W. Indies (A. S,- E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Neivton). 



2. St. Croix {A. S,- E. K). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



