158 FRINGILLIDJS. 



Genus CYANOCOMPSA, Cab. 

 Cyanocompsa parellina (Bonap.*). 



Guiraca parellina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 69 (1888) [part.]; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eie.rsamml p. 104 (1899). 

 Cyanocompsa parellina parellina, Ridyw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 601 (1901). 

 Cyanocompsa parellina, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 203 (1908). 



Four eggs of the Blue Bunting vary from a broad to a somewhat 

 pointed oval form and are distinctly glossy. They are pure white, 

 and measure from -8 to '89 in length, and from '66 to *68 in 

 breadth. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yucatan (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ORYZOBORUS, Cab. 

 Oryzoborus torridus (Scop.}. 



Oryzoborus torridus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 77 (1888) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. EiersammL p. 105 (1899) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. 

 p. 213 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 



An egg, said to be that of the Brazilian Pace-Grosbeak, is of a 

 nearly regular oval form and distinctly glossy. It has the ground- 

 colour pale creamy-white, finely and densely spotted all over, but 

 especially round the larger end, with reddish-brown and with a few 

 scattered markings and spots of rich dark brown. It measures 

 76 by "58 ( = 21 by 15 mm.). These measurements are somewhat 

 greater than those given by Nehrkorn and Ihering (19 by 14 mm.). 



1. Iguape, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 24th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Oryzoborus crassirostris (Gmel.}. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 6.) 



Oryzoborus occidentalis, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506. 



Oryzoborus crassirostris, Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 348, 



footnote (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 79 (1888) ; id., 



Hand-l. v. p. 204 (1908). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed Rice-Grosbeak are lengthened ovals, 

 and but very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is a very light 

 buff, and the entire surface of the egg is covered with spots, 

 blotches, smears and clouds of dark chocolate-brown, pale chocolate- 

 brown, and underlying pinkish-grey. Two examples measure 

 respectively : -9 by '65 ; -9 by '6. 



2. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(T. K. Salmon). 



