70 MNIOTILTID^l. 



to differ from those of I. biridis. Four examples measure respec- 

 tively : -8 by -65 ; -82 by -65 ; -83 by -68 ; -89 by -7. 



1. North America. W. Kadeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Oregon. Crowley Bequest. 



2, Mazatlan, Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GRANATELLUS, Bonap. 

 Granatellus sallaei, Bonap. 



Granatellus sallaei, Salv. fy Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 161 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 371 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

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



The eggs of Salle's Warbler are of a regular oval form and devoid 

 of gloss. They are white, very delicately speckled with blackish- 

 brown, chiefly at the broad end, and in general appearance closely 

 resemble certain species of Vireo. They measure -8 by *6. 



1. Valladolid, Yucatan (O. F. Gaumer). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus WILSONIA, Bonap. 

 Wilsonia mitrata (Gmel.}. 



Sylvia mitrata, Thien. Fortpftanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxii. fig. 4 (184-5-54). 

 Myiodioctes mitratus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 314 



(1874) ; Salv, $ Godm. Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 167 (1881) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 437 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 



p. 91 (1899). 

 Wilsonia mitrata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 118 (1906). 



The eggs of the Hooded Warbler are of a pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. Four are white, sparingly speckled and spotted 

 with rich purplish-red and lilac; in the fifth, which is a broader and 

 shorter egg of rather a different type, the markings round the 

 larger end are bolder and more confluent, taking the form of 

 blotches. They measure respectively : -77 by -55 ; 73 by -53 ; 

 77 by -53 ; -71 by -57. 



1. North America. W. Radclift'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Con- W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



necticut, 30th May (J. N. [P.]. 



Clark). 



3. Mount Carmel, Illinois (_R. Ridg- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



way : Henshaw Coll}, 



