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An egg of the Banded Wood-singer is of a regular oval shape, 

 slightly pointed towards one end and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white, blotched at the larger end with yellowish-brown and with 

 reddish-brown and lilac spots, forming together a distinct though 

 rather irregular cap ; there are also a few small reddish-brown spots 

 scattered over the rest of the shell. It measures '75 by '55. 



1. Ranch o Redondo, Costa .Rica, Mr. C. F. Underwood [C.I. 



25th May. 



Myioborus chrysops (Salv.}. 



Setophaga chrysops, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 495; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. x. p. 427 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 91 



(1899). 

 Myioborus chrysops, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 121 (1906). . 



Eggs of the Golden-faced Wood-singer appear to resemble the 

 eggs of M. verticalis very closely. Four examples measure 

 respectively: '78 by -55; -75 by -52; -79 by -52; -8 by '52. 



2. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon}. 

 2. Frontino (T. K. S.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus MYIOTHLYPIS, Cab. 



Myiothlypis nigricristatus (Lafresn.). 



(Plate IV. figs. 3 & 4.) 



Basileuterus nigricristatus, Scl 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 380 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 90 

 (1899). 



Myiothlypis nigricristatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 122 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Black-capped Wood-singer are of a pointed oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled and spotted 

 all over with reddish-brown and lilac, and one specimen is marked, 

 in addition, with a large pale rufous blotch about the larger end. 

 They measure respectively : '87 by '6; '79 by '6. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon}. 



Genus BASILEUTERUS, Cab. 

 Basileuterus coronatus (Tscliudi). 



Basileuterus coronatus. Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 ; Sharpe, Cat' 

 Birds B. M. x. p. 390 (1885) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 124 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Crowned Wood-singer are very similar to those 

 of B. nigricristatus, but the markings are coarser and more dense. 



