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eggs received from Iguape, meas. 35-26 X 27-28; he says that the eggs 

 described by Euler (I. c, p. 102) undoubtedly belong to another species. 

 F. P. and A. P. Penard (I. c, 1908, i, p. 206) describe habits, site, nest, and 

 eggs, meas. 35 X 27 mm. 



Creciscus viridis (P. L. S. Muller). — Nehrkom (I. c, p. 203) de- 

 scribes eggs from " Guyana," meas. 32 X 23 mm. F. P. and A. P. Penard 

 (I. c, 1908, i, p. 210) describe habits, nest, and site fully; eggs two, rarely 

 three, usually oval, pure white, almost without gloss, meas. 32 X 26 mm.; 

 they say further that the eggs do not vary much, some having a few black- 

 brown spots at the large end; in the nests are often found infertile and 

 abnormal eggs. 



Caprimulgus [ = Nyctipolus] nigrescens Cabanis. — Nehrkorn 

 (I. c, p. 156) lists eggs from Amazonia, meas. 23.5 X 18.5 mm. F. P. 

 and A. P. Penard (I. c, 1910, ii, p. 78) describe eggs, one or two, barely 

 glossy, elliptical, pale yellowish-rose, distinctly spotted and blotched with 

 chocolate-brown and purple-gray, meas. 25 X 18.5 mm. The eggs de- 

 scribed by Schomburgk (I. c, p. 711) must have belonged to another 

 species. 



Empidonomus varius varius (Vieillot). — Mr. Beebe (I. c, p. 225) 

 states that " although the eggs of this species have been collected no 

 description of the nest has been given. " We would call attention to 

 description of a nest by Ihering (Rev. Mus. Paulista, 1914, ix, p. 443 and 

 p. 482); the nest was collected by Garbe near Joazeiro, Bahia, in Novem- 

 ber, 1913. 



Pipra aureola aureola (Linne). — F. P. and A. P. Penard (I. c, 

 1910, ii, p. 188) describe site and nest fully, giving measurements; the 

 eggs are described as two, dull brownish gray, with numerous dark-brown 

 spots, streaks, and dots, over the entire surface, but usually, on one of the 

 eggs of a clutch, forming a wreath at the middle; meas. 21 X 15.5 mm. 



Cyanerpes cyaneus cyaneus (Linne). — F. P. and A. P. Penard 

 (I. c, 1910, ii, p. 475) say that the nests and eggs, 20 X 14 mm., do not 

 differ much from those of C. casrulea, under which name they give full 

 descriptions of nests and eggs. The eggs are described as two in number, 

 oval, almost without gloss, black or purplish black-brown. The nest is 

 described as made of little black roots, pear-shaped or shoe-shaped, with 

 entrance low down at the side, measuring 16 cm. high and 9 cm. across, 

 suspended like the nest of Todirostrum from twigs two to five feet from 

 ground. J. A. Allen (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1891, iii, p. 348) under 

 the name Arbelorhina cyanea describes an egg collected by H. H. Smith, 

 " taken with parents, Oct. 13, 1882," in Matto Grosso, Brazil, but judging 

 from the description, it must have belonged to some other species. 



Under the general heading of " Seed eaters " Mr. Beebe (I. c, p. 237), 

 speaking of Oryzoborus angolensis brevirostris, Oryzoborus crassirostris, and 

 Sporophila castaneiventris, says, " Familiarity breeds contempt. There 

 could be no truer saying than where these little finches were concerned. 

 In spite of diligent search through all the few reports and excerpts on the 



