AMBLYCERCUS. CAS3ICULUS. CASSIDIX. ~l 



Genus AMBLYCERCUS, Cahtnis. 



Amblycercus solitarius ( VieilL). 

 (Plate XVI. figs. 5, 6.) 



Amblycercus solitarius, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 326 (188B) ; Aplin, 

 Jlti.*, 1804, p. 171 ; Ikcring, Rev. Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 219 (1900); 

 ti/t(intc>. Uand-l. v. p. 487 (1909): Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. S41 

 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Solitary Cassique, also known as the " Boyero," are 

 of a long pointed oval form, pure white, and devoid of gloss ; one 

 egg has a few scattered spots and markings of deep brownish-black 

 and dull purplish-brown, the other has a few large irregular blotches 

 of purplish-brown and smaller markings of the same colour scattered 

 over the shell. They measure 1-12 by '74 and 1'2 by *75. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CASSICULUS, Swains. 



Cassiculus melanicterus (Bonap.). 

 (Plate XVI. fig. 10.) 



Cassiculus melanicterus, Laior. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. r. 278 (1874) ; 

 Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 328 (1886) ; Salv.% Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aue*,\. p. 443 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 99 (1899) 

 p. 341 (1910); Ridgiu. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 191 

 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hatid-l. v. p. 488 (1909;. 



Eggs of the Mexican Hangnest are of a broad oval shape and 

 devoid of gloss. They are very pale blue, sparingly spotted with 

 black and lavender-grey, the markings of the latter colour being, 

 however, very inconspicuous. Six examples measure respectively : 

 1-Hi by -85; 1-15 by -8; 1- 15 by -79; M by ! ; 1-1 by -8; 

 1-09 by -81. 



2. West Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Oaxaca, Mexico. C. G. Kickards, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus CASSIDIX, Less. 



Cassidix oryzivora (GmeL). 



Mix oryzivora, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 510; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 329 (1886); Salo. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 i. p. 444 (1886) ; Kuschel, J. f. O. 1897, p. 168 ; Goeldi, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 36] ; Euler, .Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv, p. 37 (1900) : Ihering, Reu. 

 Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 219 (1900); Schulz, J. f. O. 1900, p. 242 ; 

 fioMi. Bui. Mus. Paraense, Hi. p. 203 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. \. 

 p. 488 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eierutmml. p. 341 (1910). 

 L'ussidix oryxivora violea, llidywaij Birds North $ Middle Amer. ii. p. 197 

 (1908). 



