156 FEINGILLIDJE. 



colour pale grey ish -green and possess a considerable amount of 

 gloss. One specimen is a broad ellipse in shape, and round one end 

 there is a wreath or zone of tangled lines, knots, and spots of deep 

 blackish-brown. The remainder of the surface of the shell is 

 unmarked. The other specimens have a similar but rather less 

 extended zone round the larger end, with a few black spots scat- 

 tered here and there over the remainder of the shell. The space 

 occupied by the zone is underlaid with a faint purplish-grey wash 

 in all three examples. They measure respectively: 1*18 by *78 ; 

 1-03 by -8 ; 1-02 by -8. 



1. Sind Valley, Kashmir, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(C. R. Cock). 

 1. Murree, N.W. Himalayas, 31st Hume Coll. 



May (C. R. C.). 

 1. Murree, 8th June (C. R. C.). Hume Coll. 



Genus ZAMELODIA, Coues. 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). 



Hedvmeles ludovicianus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



"p. 70 (1874) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 336 



(1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 58 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Goniaphea ludoviciana, Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 598 (1878). 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 614 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 201 (1908). 



The eggs of the Eose-breasted Grosbeak are of an oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are light greenish-blue, profusely speckled 

 and blotched over their entire surface with chestnut-brown. In 

 eight eggs the measurements vary from -93 to 1*02 in length, and 

 from *7 to '72 in breadth. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Sal vin -Godm an Coll. 



1. Connecticut, U.S.A. ( W. Wood : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. Inst.). 



5. Hartford, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Eadclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Groveport, Ohio (Smiths. Inst. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Zamelodia melanocephala (Swains.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Hedymeles melanocephalus, Bnird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 

 \\. p. 73 (1884) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 338 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 62 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Zamelodia melanocephala, Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 617 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 202 (1908). 



Eggs of the Black-headed Grosbeak are of an oval shape and 



