GEOTHLYPIS. ICTERIA. 



Geothlypis cucullata (Lath.). 



Geothlypis velata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 363 (1885) ; Sd. $ 

 Hud*. Argent. Orn. I p. 20 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 90 

 (1899) ; van Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 203 (1900). 



Geothlypis cucullata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 116 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Yelled Wood-singer are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, 

 spotted and blotched, almost entirely at the broad end where the 

 markings form a confluent cap, with brownish-pink, deep purplish- 

 red, and lilac. They measure respectively : '72 by '51 ; '7 by '52. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ICTERIA, Vieill. 



Icteria viridis (Gmel.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 7.) 



Icteria virens, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 307 (1874). 

 Icteria viridis, Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 157 (1881) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 373 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 90 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 117 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow -breasted Warbler are of a blnnt oval form 

 and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, spotted and 

 blotched with reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being 

 larger and often confluent at the broad end, where they form an 

 irregular zone or thin cap. Specimens measure from '81 to *91 in 

 length, and from -6 to '7 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 10. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Neosho Falls, Kansas (B. F. Goss : Crowley Bequest. 

 Smiths. Inst.). 



3. Washington, 15th June (Henshaw Salvin-Godman ColL 



Coll.}. 



4. New Jersey (D. G. Elliot}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Jersey, 14th June (with two Princeton University, N.J. 



eggs of Molothnis pecoris}. [E-]- 



6. New Haven, Connecticut, 10th W. liadcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



July. [P.]. 



1. Virginia (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Icteria longicauda, Lawr. 



Icteria virens, var. longicauda, Baird, Breiuer Sf Rid-gw. N. Amer. Birds, 



i. p. 309 (1874). 

 Icteria longicauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 375 (1885) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 90 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 118 (1906). 



Eggs of the Long-tailed Yellow-breasted Warbler do not appear 



