308 TANAGRID^E. 



Tanagra bonariensis (Gmel.). 



Tanagm striata, Gmel. ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, ii. p. 489 (1884). 

 Tanngra bonarien&is, Sol. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 164 (1886) ; Sliarpc, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 370 (1909) ; Nehrk, Kat. Eicrsamml p, 326 (1910). 



An egg of the Blue-and-Yellow Tanager resembles those of 

 T. abbas, described above, but is somewhat larger and the dark 

 .specks and rounded spots on the larger end are deep black. It 

 measures about 1-05 by '68. 



1. Rio Grande do Sul (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Germs SPOROTHRAUPIS, Eidcjiv. 



Sporothraupis auricrissa (Selater). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 10.) 



Tanagra cyanocephnla, Scl. # Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 501 ; Sd. Cat. Birds 



B. M. xi. p. 102 (1886) [part,]. 

 Sporothraupis auricrissa, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 379 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 326 (1910). 



The eggs of the Blue-capped Tanager are of a narrow oval shape 

 and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, boldly 

 spotted and blotched with lilac-brown, purplish-brown and lavender- 

 grey. The markings are generall}' more numerous towards the 

 larger end of the egg, and sometimes form an ill-defined cap. 

 Four examples measure respectively: 1*02 by *7; I'Ol by *67 ; 

 1-04 by -64; -92 by -68. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godmari Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon}. 



2. Santa Elena (T. K. S.). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Genus SPIHDALIS, Jard. $ Selby. 



Spindalis nigricephala (Jameson). 



Tanagra zena, Gossc, Birds Jamaica, p. 231 (1847). 



Spindalis nigricephala, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 166 (1886) ; Ridyw. 



Bird* North $ Middle Amer. ii. p. 64 (1902). 

 Spindalis bilineata, Jard. fy Selby ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 380 (1909). 



Eggs of the Cashew Bird or Jamaican Spindalis vary in form 

 from subspheroidal to a somewhat long oval, pointed at the smaller 

 end. They are devoid of gloss. In two eggs the ground-colour is 

 greenish-white heavily, marked and blotched all over with burnt- 

 umber and with underlying spots and blotches of paler grej'ish- 

 brown, the markings being thickest towards the larger end, where 

 they almost obscure the ground-colour. They measure respectively 



