OltYZOUOKUS. I'YRUHULAGRA. 159 



Oryzoborus funereus (ScL). 



Oryzoborus funereus, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506 ; Salv. $ Godm. 

 Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves,i. p. 349 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xii. p. 81 (1888) ; Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 605 

 (1901) j Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 205 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Dusky Rice-Grosbeak are of an oval shape 

 and somewhat glossy. They are greenish-white, thickly marked 

 with reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one speci- 

 men the markings consist chiefly of small blotches ; in another 

 of dots and fine streaks. Three examples measure respectively : 

 71 by -54 ; -74 by -55 ; and -75 by '55. 



2. Medellin, A ntioquia, U.S.Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(T. K. Salmon}. 

 1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYRRHULAGRA, Less. 



Pyrrhulagra ruficollis (GmeL). 



(Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Pyrrhula violacea, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 254 (1847). 



Loxigilla violacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds. B. M. xii. p. 82 (1888) [part. ]. 



Pvrrhulagra violacea ruficollis, Ridyiv. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 



p. 552 (1901). 

 Pyrrhulagra ruficollis, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 205 (1908). 



Eggs of the Purple Grosbeak are regular ovals and slightly 

 glossy. They are white or creamy-white, blotched and spotted, 

 most thickly at the larger end where the markings coalesce and form 

 a cap, with pale reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. 

 They measure from -9 to -96 in length, and from -62 to -68 in 

 breadth. 



4. Jamaica. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Jamaica. Rev. Barham Zincke [P.]. 



1. Jamaica, 8th Sept. (W. Osburn: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1 . Jamaica. Crowley Bequest, 



Pyrrhulagra grenadensis (Cory). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 7.) 



Loxigilla noctis, Lawr. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 614 (1886). 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis, Ridgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 6(30 (1901). 

 Pyrrhulagra grenadensis, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 206 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Grenada Grosbeak are of a rather long oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are white, spotted and blotched with 

 reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey, chiefly about the 



