CHLORCSPINGrS. HEWISPJKGUS. 1315 



Genus CHLOROSPINGUS, Cat. 



Chlorospingus regionalis, Bangs. 



Chlorospingua regionalis, Bangs, Proc. JBioL Soc. Washington, xix. p. 112 



(1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 401 (1909). 

 Cblorospingua albiteiuporalis, Sclater, Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 239 (1886) 



[part.]. 

 Chlorospiugus albitempora, Nehrk. (nee Lafr.} Kat Eicrsamml. p. 28 



An egg of the Costa Rica Chlorospinyus is of a rather blunt oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground is white, spotted and finely 

 marked all over with Indian-red and pale lavender, the markings 

 being much more numerous towards the broad end, where they 

 form an irregular zone. It measures "82 by *64. 



1. Escasu, Costa Rica, 4th June. Mr. C. F. Underwood [C.]. 



Chlorospingus flavipectus (Lafr.}. 



Chlorospingus flavipectus, Scl. # Salv. P. Z. S. 1379, p. 503, pi. xlii. fig. 6; 

 Sri. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 242 (1886) ; Sharpe 9 Hand-l. v. p. 402 

 (1809). 



Five eggs of the Yellow- breasted Chlorospingus are of a blunt 

 oval form and devoid of gloss. They are creamy white, thickly 

 speckled and mottled, especially at the broad end where a cap is 

 formed, with chestnut-brown and lilac-grey. They measure respec- 

 tively : -83 by -6 ; -81 by -61 ; -8 by '62 ; -8 by -61 ; -79 by -6. 



1. U.S.Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



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



Colombia (T. K. Salmon}. 

 2. Santa Elena (T. K. S.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus HEMISPINGUS, Cab. 



Hemispingus rubrirostris (Lafr.}. 



Chloro^pinpus rubrirostris, Scl. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 504; Scl. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 246 (1886); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 97 



(1899). 

 Ilemispingus rubrirostris, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 403 (1909). 



An egg of the Red-billed Tanager is of a regular oval shape and 

 exhibits a small amount of gloss. It is creamy- white, thickly 

 mottled over the broader half of the egg, sparingly elsewhere, with 

 very pale reddish-brown and lavender. The markings form a dense 

 cap at the broad end. It measures '9 by *67. 



1. Santa Elfna, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon}. 



