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devoid of gloss. It is of a pale buff-colour, densely smeared 

 and streaked with umber-browu and lavender. It measures "SS 

 by -64. 



1. Iguape, Brazil, Sept, Crowley Bequest. 



Pachyrhamphus riifus (Bodd.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 8.) 



Piicliyrhamphus rufus, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 343 (1888) ; Sharj-)^, 

 iland-l. iii. p. 10-5 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Chestnut Eecard are of a blunt oval shape, and 

 exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, marked with 

 spots and small blotches of rich purplish-red, lilac, and dark brown 

 or black. They measure respectively : "9 by '05 ; -95 by "7. 



2. Ilio Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Family RUPICOLINiE. 



Genus EUPICOLA, Briss. 



Rupicola rupicola (Linn.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 18.) 



Rupicola crocea, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 309 (1888) ; Lloyd, Ibis, 



1896, p. 429 ; roji Iherinc/, Rev. Mas. Faddist a, iv. p. 210 (1900j, 

 Rupicola rupicola, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 171 (1901). 



An egg of the Demerara Cock-of-1 he-Rock from the Tristram 

 Collection differs considerably from those of the next species. It 

 is of an elliptical shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and of a creamy- 

 buff colour, thickly marked with lines, scrawls, spots, and small 

 blotches of dark brown, pale umber, and dark lavender. It measures 

 1-8 by l-y2. 



1. [Vn-^zW {Tristram Cdl).'] Crowley Bequest. 



Rupicola sanguinolenta, Gould. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 19.) 



Rupicola sanguinolenta, Sd. S,- Sah. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 519; Sd. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiv. p. 371 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 145 (1899) ; 

 fiharpej Hand-l. iii. p. 171 (1901), 



The eggs of the Colombian Cock-of-the-Eock arc of a broad 

 oval shape, and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. They are 



