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ratlin- long oval form and slightly glossy. It is white, finely spotted 

 with maroon, pale pinkish-red, and grey ; the markings are very 

 numerous round the larger end, where they form a well-marked 

 zone, and fairly numerous over the rest of the shell. It measures 

 !)(> by M5S. 



1. Mexir.. Crowley Bequest. 



Atlapetes gntturalis (Lafr.). 



Kuniivmon gntturalis, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 504 ; Salv. $ Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 320 (1884): Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. 



xi. p. 259 (1886). 

 Atlupetes gutturalis, Ridyw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. \. p. 461 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 335 (1909) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 322 (1910). 



The eggs of the Yellow-throated Sparrow are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are bluish-white 

 in colour, some being quite plain and others very sparingly speckled 

 with light brown. Seven specimens measure from *91 to *98 in 

 length, and from '07 to '72 in breadth. 



i'. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Co- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



lombia ('/'. A'. Salmon). 



L. Medellin (T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Costa Rica, loth May. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C."|. 



4. LOJ Cuadros de San Pedro. Costa Crowley Bequest. 



Kica, July (C. F. U.). 

 9 Irazu, Costa Rica, May. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C.]. 



Genus BUARREMON, Bonap. 



Buarremon brunneinucha (Lafr.). 

 Buarrcmon brunneinucha, Scl. # Salv. P.Z.S. 1879, p. 504; Salv. 



Eiersamml. p. 375 (1910). 



Kggs of the Collared Sparrow are of a rather narrow oval form 

 and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are plain 

 bluish-white, and measure respectively : 1*12 by '71 ; I'l by '70 ; 

 1-03 by -73; and 1-08 by 79. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



Santa Klena ( T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Costa Rica, 3rd May. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C.]. 



