TAX AGRA. 305 



rather thickly marked all ovor with lavender-grey and pale brown, 

 and with a few markings and spots of deep chocolate-brown 

 scattered over the shell. It measures -89 by -66. 



1. [British Guiana.] Crowley Bequest. 



Tanagra major, Berlepsch $ Stolzmann. 



Tanagra maj >r, Sharp?, Hand-l. v. p. 377 (1909). 



Tunagra ccelestis, Sclater, Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 155 (1886) [part,, Peru]; 

 Nerhrk. (nee Spix) Kat. Eiersamml p. 32(3 (1910). 



An egg of the Blue-grey Tanager is of a spheroidal form and 

 slightly glossy. It is white, thickly spotted all over with lilac- 

 grey and with conspicuous scattered surface-spots of deep brown, 

 the markings being most numerous towards the larger end. It 

 measures -78 by -65. 



1. Peru (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Tanagra cana, Swains. 



Tanagra cana, ScL fy Salo. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 503 ; Salo. $ Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves< i. p. 277 (1883) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 156 

 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. Elersamml. p. 95 (1899), p. 326 (1910); 

 Ihering, Rev. Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 209 (1900); Ridgw. Birds 

 North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 55 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 377 

 (1910). 



Some eggs of the Silver-blue Tanager are of a blunt oval shape, 

 approaching the elliptical, and without gloss. The ground is 

 cream-colour, but this is almost entirely concealed from view by 

 the markings, which consist of more or less confluent 6mears, 

 streaks and clouds of two or more shades of rich brown. Some 

 examples are also minutely spotted with dark reddish-brown, almost 

 black in intensity. Other eggs collected by Blancaneaux are of a 

 somewhat narrow oval shape and are less densely marked, quite 

 half the ground-colour being visible. They are speckled and 

 mottled with brown, purplish-brown and lavender-grey. Some of 

 these have hair-lines of a dark colour at the broad end. Specimens 

 measure from *83 to 1 in length, and from *6 to *66 in breadth. 



2. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon). 



1. Costa Rica, 16th May. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C. 



2. Irazu, Costa Rica, May. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C. 

 2. Irazu, May. Mr. C, F. Underwood [C. 



4. Cuadros de San Pedro, Costa Rica, Crowley Bequest. 



J une & July (C. F. U.). 



5. Brit. Honduras (.F. Blancaneaux). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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