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ThamnopMlus doliatus (Linn.). 



Thamnophilus doliatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 321 , tab. xxxi. 

 fig. 13 (1845-54); Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 207 (1890) ; Sola. $ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 202 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml, p. 150 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev, Mus. Paulista, iv. 

 p. 249 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 15 (1901). 



The eggs of the Crafty Bush-bird are of a regular oval shape, and 

 exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are creamy white in 

 ground-colour, marked with rich brownish purple and lilac-red. 

 In two specimens in the Collection the markings consist of distinct 

 roundish spots, combined with some fine scrawls. In others they 

 consist of streaky spots and blotches, combined with coarse scrawls 

 and finer twisted lines. Five examples measure respectively : 

 94 by -67 ; 1 by- 7 ; 1 by -7 ; '9 by -7 ; -9 by -69. 



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



1. Valladolid, Yucatan (G. F. Gaumer). Gould Coll. 



2. British Honduras (F. Blancaneaux) . Salvin-Godman Coll. 

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



Thamnophilus multistriatus, Lafr. 

 (Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Thamnophilus multistriatus, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 524 ; Scl. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xv. p. 211 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 16 (1901). 



An egg of the Striated Bush-bird in the Collection resembles the 

 eggs of T. doliatus of the second type. It measures 1 by '65. 



1, Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Thamnophilus palliatus (Licht.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 5.) 



Thamnophilus palliatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 212 (1890) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 151 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L iii. p. 17 (1901). 



An egg of the Mantled Bush-bird in the Collection is of a broad 

 oval shape, and exhibits little gloss. It is of a creamy-white 

 colour, marked, in the form of a broad, irregular, and more or less 

 confluent band round the larger end, with deep brownish red, 

 lavender and lilac. The markings consist of spots, blotches and 

 a few lines. The specimen measures '84 by *67. 



1. Sta. Catharina, Brazil. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus DYSITHAMNUS, Cab. 



Dysithamnus unicolor, Scl. 



Dysithamnus unicolor, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 525, pi. xliii. fig. 9; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 225 (1890) j Sharpe. Hand-L iii. p. 20 

 (1901). 



