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1. Mexico (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. San Geronimo, Guatemala, 3rd Salviu-Godman Coll. 



April (R. 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 chalky deposit. They are elliptical in 

 shape. 



Genus CROTOPHAGA, Linn. 

 Crotophaga major, Gm. 



Crotophaga major, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 91, tab. xv. fig. 8 (nee 10) 

 (1845-54); Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 428 (1891); Nehrk. 

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

 iv. p. 263 (1900J ; Sharpe, 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 ani, U'Orb. in De La Sagra's Hist. Cuba, Aves, pi. xxxi. 

 fig. 22 (1839) ; Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 90, tab. xv. fig. 9, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 282 (1847) ; A. $ E. Newton, Ibis, 

 1859, p, 148, pi. xii. fig. 5 ; Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 

 ii. p. 488 (1874) ; Dalgleish, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. x. p. 81 

 (1888-90) ; Scl. | Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 31 (1889) ; Shelley, Cat. 

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

 ii. p. 6, pi. i. fig. 6 (1895) ; Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 ii. p. 544 (1896) ; Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 331 ; Nehrk. 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 Ani 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 1'48 in length, and from *9 to 1*1 in breadth. 



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



[P.]. 



1. Jamaica ( W. Osbnrn: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Jamaica, llth Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Jamaica. Rev. Barhani Zincke [P.], 



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



Newton). 



2. St. Croix (A. $ E. N.). Salvin-Godman Coll. . 



