ElUNGILLIDJE. 



Genus CARDINALIS, Bonap. 



Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). 



Cardinalis virginianus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 100 (1874) [part.] ; Reid, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 25, p. 200 



(1884) ; Salv. Godm. Biol Centr.-Amei:, Aves, i. p. 340 (1884) 



[part.l ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 106 ( 1899). 

 Cardinal cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 161 (1888); id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, Ridyw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. 



p. 635 (1901). 



Eggs of the Cardinal are of an elongate oval shape and possess a 

 considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 

 white to ashy or greenish- white, and is very thickly covered with 

 spots, streaks and blotches of ashy-brown and underlying purplish- 

 grey. On many specimens the markings are large and more or 

 less confluent; on others they are fine and distinct. In most 

 cases they form an ill-defined cap at the larger end. Numerous 

 specimens measure from '89 to I'l in length, and from 62 to '78 

 in breadth. 



2. North America (Henshaiv Col/). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



3. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Bermuda. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Bermuda (S. G. R.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.J. 



4. Bermuda (S. G. R.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.J. 

 4. Bermuda (S. G. R.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.J. 

 2. Bermuda (J. Martache : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Bermuda (J. M. : Tristram Coll.) . Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bermuda (J. M. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Ireland I., Bermuda (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Cardinalis canicauda, Chapman. 

 (Plate IX. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Cardinalis virginianus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 21 (1878). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus, Ridyw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 639 (1901). 

 Cardinalis canicauda, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 



Nine eggs of the Grey-tailed Cardinal resemble the finely spotted 

 examples of C. cardinalis described above, and do not differ either 

 in shape or in size. 



4. Texas, 20th March. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



5. San Antonio, Texas, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



