166 



EuetMa march! (Baird). 



Spermophila bicolor, Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 252 (1847). 



Euethia bicolor, Lawrence, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 614 (1886) ; Feilden, 



Ibis, 1889, p. 484 ; Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 557. 

 Phonipara marcliii, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 150 (1888) [part.]; 



Nehrk.Kat.Eiersamml. p. 106 (1899). 

 Euethia bicolor marcliii, Ridyiv. Birds North r Middle Amer. i. p. 541 



(1901). 

 Euethia marchi, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 216 (1908). 



Eggs of March's Grassquit are well represented in the 

 Collection and are very similar to those of E. olivacea, but some are 

 of a broader oval form, and in some the markings round the larger 

 end form a densely marked zone or cap. They measure from '61 

 to '7 in length, and from -48 to -52 in breadth. 



6. Jamaica, West Indies. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Kingston, Jamaica,31st May ( C. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Taylor). 



4. Barbados, \V. I., June. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.I 



4. Barbados, June. Col. H. W. Feilden [P.J. 



3. Barbados, 16th Jan. (M. J. Nicoll.). Earl of Crawford [P.]. 



3. Barbados, 16th Jan. (M. J. N.). Earl of Crawford ["P. |. 

 1. Barbados, 16th Jan. (M. J. N.). Earl of Crawford [P.]. 



1. Grenada, W. 1., 29th Jan. (M. J. N.). Earl of Crawford [P.]. 

 6. Grenada (J. G. Wells). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Grenada (J. G. W.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Grenada (J. G. W.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus VOLATINIA, Reiclieiib. 

 Volatinia jacarini (Linn.). 



Volatinia jacarini, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 152 (1888) [part] ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 106 (1899) ; Eider, Eev. Mus. Paulista, 

 iv. p. 30 (1900) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 213 (1900) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 217 (1908). 



According to Nehrkorn, the eggs of the Jacarini Grassquit 

 resemble those laid by the various species of Euethia. 



An egg said to be of this species, but more probably that of some 

 species of Elainea, is of a blunt oval shape and almost devoid of 

 gloss. It is pale creamy-white with a few scattered spots and dots 

 of chocolate-brown, mostly situated round the larger end. It 

 measures -68 by *5. 



1. Brazil (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Volatinia splendens ( Vieill. ). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 17.) 



Volatinia jacarina, Scl. $ Satv. (nee Linn.) P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 507 ; Forbes, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 336 ; Lawrence, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 615 (1886). 



