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Genus PASSERINA, Vieill. 



Passerina cyanea (Linn.}. 



Cyanospiza cyanea, Baird, B reiver fy Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 82 



(1874) ; Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 171* (1874) ; Sato. $ Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 364 (1886) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 



p. 617 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 114 (1899); Ridyw. 



Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 582 (1901). 

 Passerina cyanea, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 315 (1909). 



Eggs of the Indigo-Bird vary much in shape, one being a long 

 oval, one an ordinary oval, and a third almost a sphere. They are 

 plain white tinged with blue or green, and glossy. They measure 

 from '7 to '83 in length, and from *52 to *58 in breadth. 



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

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



3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Massachusetts, 2nd June. W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Hebron, New York, 12th June. Captain Savile G. Reid [P.]. 



Passerina amoena (Say). 



Cyanospiza amoena, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 84 



(1$74) ; Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 170 (1874) ; Salv. # Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 363 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 



p. 620 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 115 (1899); Ridyw. 



Birds North # Middle Amei: i. p. 584 (1901). 

 Passerina amoena, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 315 (1909). 



Eggs of the Lazuli Bunting are of a narrow oval shape, plain 

 bluish-white, and possess a small amount of gloss. They measure 

 from '74 to '77 in length, and from '5 to *55 in breadth. 



3. N.America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. N. America (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. 1). Columbia 'D. G. Elliot : Trist- Crowley Bequest. 



ram Coll.}. 



2. American Fork, Utah, llth July W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(J. Borrott). [P.]. 



4. California, 7th May. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Honey Lake, California, 17th June Salvin Godman Coll. 

 (H. W. Henshaw}. 



Passerina ciris (Linn.). 



C\anospiza ciris, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 87 

 (1874); Sain. $ Godm. Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 365 (1886) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 614 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 114 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 586 (1901). 



Passerina ciris, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 315 (1909). 



Eggs of the Nonpareil or Painted Bunting vary from a blunt to 

 a rather long oval form, and are moderately glossy. They are 



