TYRRHULOXIA. 1G7 



Volatiuia splendens, Salv. & Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 357 



(1885) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 217 (1908). 



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

 Volatinia jacarini splendens. Hidgw. Birds North 8c Middle Amer. i. p. 526 



(1901). 



Eggs of the Blue-black Grassquit are of a blunt oval shape 

 and slightly glossy. They are white, speckled and blotched with 

 reddish-brown of two shades. The markings are dense at the 

 larger end of the egg, where they form a zone or cap of greater or 

 lesser extent. Eight examples measure from '6 to '7 in length, 

 and from '5 to *54 in breadth. 



1. Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



1. Irazu, Costa Rica, October. C. F. Underwood [C.]. 



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



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Medellin (T. K. S.). Salvin-Godinan ColL 



Genus PYRRHULOXIA, Bonap. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Bonap. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Jiaird, Brewer fy Hidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 95 

 (1874) [part.]; Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey, iv. p. 21 (1878) ; 

 Salv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 343 (1884); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 158 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 106 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 218 (1908). 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata. Hidgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 625 (1901). 



Three eggs of the Western Texas Cardinal- Gosbeak are of a 

 broad rounded oval form and have a small amount of gloss. They 

 are white, speckled and blotched all over, but more densely at the 

 broad end than elsewhere, with umber-brown and underlying 

 purplish-grey. They measure respectively : '89 by *72 ; *94 by *76 ; 

 and -95 by *76. 



1. Texas (Smiths. List.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Texas. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyrrhuloxia texana, Eidgw. 



Pvrrlmloxia sinuata texana, Hidgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 628 (1901). 

 Pyrrhuloxia texana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 218 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Southern Cardinal-Grosbeak resemble those of 

 P. sinuata, but are of a regular oval form. They measure re- 

 spectively : -9 by -68 ; -92 by -68 ; and -96 by -69. 



.,. San Antonio, Texas, 30th April. W. Radelifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



