PYRRIIU I'll ON I A. CALOSPIZA. 



Genus PYRRHUPHONIA, I$omij>. 



Pyrrhuphonia Jamaica (Linn.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 20.) 



Ridyw. 



_ . . . . Hand-L v. 



p. 360 (1909). 



Four eggs of the Blue Quit are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground in all four eggs is white. 

 In two most of the markings, consisting of purplish-red and 

 lavender spots, are concentrated round the larger end and form a 

 zone ; in the other two, numerous markings of pale purplish-red 

 are scattered over the entire shell, though they are most numerous 

 at the larger end, where they form a zone. They measure respec- 

 tively : -78 by -57 ; '78 by -55 ; -79 by -55 ; and -77 by -57. 



1 . Jamaica. Crowley Bequest. 



3. St. Andrew, Jamaica, 27th Ajril Crowley Bequest. 

 (('. It. 7\n/lor). 



Genus CALOSPIZA, Gray. 

 Calospiza paradisea (Sivains.). 



( alliste tatao, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 96 (1886). 

 Calospiza paradisea, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 363 (1909). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Paradise Tanager, are spheroidal 

 in form and slightly glossy. The ground is white or greenish- 

 white with numerous spots and blotches of lilac and purplish-red, 

 most abundant round the larger end, where they form a zone or 

 cap. They measure '78 by '62 ; and '78 by '59. 



2. [British Guiana.] Crowley Bequest. 



Calospiza chrjsophrys (Scl.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 17.) 



Jalliste guttata, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 105 (1886) [part]. 

 Calospiza guttata chrysophrys. Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer., 



if. p. 40 (1902). 

 Calospiza chrysophrys, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 365 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Yellow-browed Tanager are of a regular oval 

 shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are white, splashed, 

 blotched, and finely marked with dark purplish-red and grey, 

 the markings being mostly confined to the broader half of the 



