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devoid of gloss. It is of a pale buff-colour, densely smeared 

 and streaked with umber-brown and lavender. It measures -88 

 by -64. 



1. Iguape, Brazil, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



Pachyrhamplms rufus (Bodd.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 8.) 



Puckyrhamphua rufus, Sol. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 343 (1888) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. iii. p. 105 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Chestnut Becard are of a blunt oval shape, an'd 

 exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, marked with 

 spots and small blotches of rich purplish-red, lilac, and dark brown 

 or black. They measure respectively : -9 by '65 ; '95 by *7. 



2. Rio Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Family RUPICOLIN.E. 



Genus RUPICOLA, Briss. 



Rupicola rupicola 

 (Plate VI. fig. I 



Rupicola crocea, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 369 (1888) ; Lloyd, Ibis, 



1896, p. 429 ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 240 (1900). 

 Rupicola rupicola, Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 171 (1901). 



An egg of the Demerara Cock-of-t he-Rock from the Tristram 

 Collection differs considerably from those of the next species. It 

 is of an elliptical shape, almost devoid of all gloss, and of a creamy- 

 buff colour, thickly marked with lines, scrawls, spots, and small 

 blotches of dark brown, pale umber, and dark lavender. It measures 

 1-8 by 1-32. 



1. [Brazil (Tristram Coll.).'] Crowley Bequest. 



Rupicola sanguinolenta, Gould. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 19.) 



Rupicola sanguinolenta, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 519; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiv. p. 371 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 145 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l iii. p. 171 (1901). 



The eggs of the Colombian Cock-of-the-Rock are of a broad 

 oval shape, and exhibit a moderate amount of gloss. They are 



