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81 by -68 ; '89 by '65. In a third egg the markings, which arc 

 much smaller and less numerous, are reddish. brownish and reddish 

 lilac. It measures '79 by '0. 



2. [Jamaica] (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Jamaica.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus RHAMPHOCCELUS, Desm. 



Rhamphoccelus brasilius (Linn.'). 



(Hate XIII. fig. 15.) 



L'amphocelus brasilius, Enter, J. f. O. 1867, p. 409; id., Rev. Mus. 



Paulista, iv. p. '20 (1900). 

 Rhamphncceliis brasilius, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 170 (1886) ; Iheriny, 



Rco. Mus. Panlistn, iv. p. 210 (1910 ); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Kai. Eiersamml. p. 326 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Brazilian Tanager are of a broad oval shape, and 

 slightly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly marked with spots 

 of deep black, and with small underlying markings of blackish-grey 

 and grey. They measure respectively : '9 by -7 ; '9 by '72 ; '9 by 

 68; -88 by -68. 



2. Eiode Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 

 2. Iguape, Sao Paulo, 7th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



Rhamphocoelus nigrignlaris (Spiv). 



Ramphoccelus nigiijrularis, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 180 [Upper 



Ucajalil. 

 Rhamplioccelus mgrigularis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 171 (1886) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiermmml. p. 326 



(1910). 



Two eggs of the Black-throated Tanager are similar to those of 

 11. brasilius but somewhat smaller. They measure respectively *88 

 by -58 and -82 by -62. 



1. Upper Amazonia (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Upper Ucayali (E. Bartlett ; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Ehamphoccelus dimidiatus, Lafr. 



Kaniplioccelus dimidiatus, Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 326 ; Scl. # Salv. 



P.Z.S. 1879, p. 501; Salv. # Godm. Biol Ccntr.-Amcr., Ares, i. 



p. 283 (1883). 

 Illminphoccelus dimidiatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 172 (1886) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 96 (1899), p. 326 (1910) ; Allen, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. xxi. p. 293 (1905) ; Sharpe, Iland-L v. p. 381 (1909). 



The eggs of the Red-bellied Tanager are of a normal oval shape 

 and fairly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly spo.tted and 



