CAKDINALIS. SALTATOR. l (i -' 



Cardinalis super bus, Ridyiv. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 22.) 



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



p. (545 (1901). 

 Cardiualis superbus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 220 (1908). 



An egg of the Arizona Cardinal is of a rather pointed oval shape 

 and somewhat glossy. It is white, finely spotted all over, but 

 especially towards the larger end, with pale umber-brown and 

 purplish-grey. It measures 1/0 by '72. 



1. Tucson, Arizona, 26th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Cardinalis igneus, Baird. 



Cardinalis viririnianus, var. igneus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridcjiv. N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 103 (1874). 

 Cardinalis igneus, Kalv. Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 341 



(1884) [part.]; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 164 (1888) [part.]; 



id. Hand-l.\. p. 220 (1908). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis igneus, Ridgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 647 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Saint-Lucas Cardinal are similar to some of 

 the finely spotted forms of G. cardinalis described above. They 

 measure respectively : -9 by -68 ; -95 by -68. 



2. [Lower California (Smiths. Inst.).~\ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus SALTATOR, Vieill. 



The eggs of the birds of this genus (which has usually been 

 included among the Tanagers) appear to be very similar to one 

 another in shape and colour. They are of a somewhat narrow oval 

 form, the smaller end generally pointed, but occasionally blunt, and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are blue, marked 

 almost entirely in a zone or wreath around the broad end, rarely 

 round the smaller end, with lines and blotches of deep black. In 

 some eggs the zone is composed of an intricate tracery of fine lines, 

 intermingled with a few spots and blotches. In others the zone is 

 imperfect and is composed of blotches and hieroglyphic-like scrawls. 

 There is rarely even a speck on any other part of the shell. 



Saltator atriceps, Less. 



Saltator atriceps, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 443; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p/32o (1884) [part.]; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xi. p. 283 (18SG) ; Nchrk. Kat. Eicrsamml. p. 97 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 222 (1U08). 



