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The eggs of the White-throated Wood-hewer are of a pointed 

 oval shape and moderately glossy. Three examples measure respec- 

 tively : -85 by -67 ; '86 by -67 ; '87 by -66. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



Sub-Family GLYPHORHYNCHINJE. 



The eggs of the birds of this sub-family are plain white. 



Genus GLYPHORHYNCHUS, Wied. 

 Glyphorhynchns cnneatus (Lic7it.). 



Glyphorhynchus castelnaudi (nee Des Murs), Scl. P. Z. 8. 1850, p. 141. 

 Glyphorhynchus cuneatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 124 (1890) ; 



Salv. $ Godrn. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 175 (1891) ; Skarpe, 



Hand-l iii. p. 74 (1901). . 



The eggs of the Wedge-billed Wood-hewer in the Collection are 

 of a regular broad oval shape, and quite devoid of all gloss. They 

 measure respectively : '8 by -5 ; '77 by *5. 



2. Pallatanga, Ecuador, Dec. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(L. Fraser)^ 



Genus DENDROCICHLA, Gray. 



Dendrocichla anabatina, Scl. 



Dendrocincla anabatina, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xv. p. 162 (1890) ; Salv. $ 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 172 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 150 (1899). 



Dendrocichla anaoatina, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 74 (1901). 



An egg of Sclater's Wood-hewer in the Collection is of an 

 elliptical shape and slightly glossy. It measures 1'07 by *79. 



1. Central America (Nekrltarn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sub-Family DENDROCOLAPTIN^E. 

 The eggs of the species of Dendrocolaptince are plain white. 



Genus PICOLAPTES, Less. 

 Picolaptes lacrymiger (Dts Murs). 



Picolaptes lacrymiger, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 524 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xv. p. 148 (1890) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 83 (1901). 



The egg of Des Hurs's Wood-hewer in the Collection is elliptical 

 in form, and exhibits a slight amount of gloss. It measures 1-02 



by -77. 



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

 (T. K. Salmon). 



