316 TANAGKIDJE. rLOCEIDJL. 



Genus P8ITTOSPIZA, Bonap. 

 Psittospiza riefferi (Boiss.). 



Psitt spiza riefferi, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505, pi. xlii. fig. 8 ; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 281 (1886) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 4015 

 (1909). 



An egg of Rieffer's Tanager is nearly elliptical in shape, the two 

 ends being much alike, and moderately glossy. It is greyish-white, 

 thickly mottled and freckled, especially at the broader end, with 

 pale brown and lavender-grey. It measures 1-18 by '8. 



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



Colombia ('/'. K. Salmon). 



Genus ORCHESTICUS, Cab. 



Orchesticus abeillei (Less.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 



Orchesticus abeillii, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 297 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 407 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Brown Tanager are of a very regular oval shape 

 and without gloss. They are white with a slight tinge of pink, 

 marked with large blotches of pale chestnut, smaller blotches of 

 deep reddish-brown and a few specks of lavender. The markings 

 are chiefly confined to the broad end of the egg. They measure 

 respectively : '83 by -65 ; -81 by '63. 



2. Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



Family PLOCEID^E. 



Genus DIATROPURA, OberJi. 



Diatropura progne (Bodd.). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Chera progne, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 465; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 74; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 458 (1875-84) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 213 (1890). 

 Chera procne, Kuschel, J.f. O. 1895, p. 338. 

 Coliopasssr procne, Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 139 (1900). 

 Coliuspasser progne, Shelley, Birds Afr. iv. p. 32 (1905). 

 Diatropura progne, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 144 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 410 (1909). 

 Diatropura procne, Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 329 (1910). 



Eggs of the Great-tailed Widow-bird are of a regular oval shape 



