MYEMOTHEEULA. - CERCOMACEA. PYEIGLENA. 169 



An egg of the Colombian Plumbeous Bush-bird is of a regular 

 oval shape, and possesses little gloss. It is creamy white, marked, 

 chiefly round the middle portion of the shell, with rich brownish- 

 purple and dark lavender spots and blotches. It measures *95 

 by -64. 



1. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Crowley Bequest. 

 (T.K.Salmon}. 



Genus MYRMOTHERULA, Scl. 



Myrmotherula surinamensis ((7m.). 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Myrmotherula surinamensis, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 525 ; Scl Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xv. p. 231 (1890) ; Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer. 

 Aves, ii. p. 209 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 20 



The eggs of the Surinam Bush-bird in the Collection are of a 

 sharply pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. They are of an 

 extremely pale green or greenish-white colour, and measure 

 respectively : '78 by '63 ; -84 by -65. 



2. Remedies, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Genus CERCOMACRA, Scl. 



Cercomacra nigricans, Scl. 

 (Plate III. fig. 6.) 



Cercomacra nigricans, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 526 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xv. p. 267 (1890) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 ii. p. 215 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 29 (1901). 



The eggs of Sclaters Black Bush-bird in the Collection are of 

 a blunt oval shape and devoid of gloss. They are of a pink colour, 

 mottled and blotched all over with dark purplish red and lavender. 

 There are also some dark irregular lines scattered over the shell. 

 Two specimens measure respectively : -85 by '6 ; '84 by -6. 



2. Remedies, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Genus PYRIGLENA, Cab. 



Pyriglena leucoptera ( Vieill.}. 

 (Plate III. fig. 4.) 



Pyriglena leucoptera, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 269 (1890) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 151 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev.Mus. Paulista,i\. 

 p. 250 (19CO) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 29 (1901). 



Eggs of the White-winged Bush-bird in the Collection are of a 



