MOLOTHRUS. G / / 



Eggs attributed to the Screaming Cow-bird by Mr. Hudson are 

 elliptical in shape, the two ends being, however, rather pointed, 

 and moderately glossy. They are grey, thickly and evenly 

 speckled and mottled with pale purplish-brown and pale lavender. 

 Three examples measure respectively: *9 by *68; *9 by '69; '93 

 by (>!). 



* Eggs taken by Mr. Holland are of a regular oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, thickly freckled with 

 dark brown and underlying grey. They measure respectively: 

 95 by -7 ; -97 by -7. 



Four of the eggs taken by Miss Runnacles are of a redder type, 

 the ground being pinkish- white, and the numerous spots and freckles 

 all over the shell reddish-brown and lilac-grey. They measure : 

 93 by -74 ; -9 by '7; -85 by -68 (two). 



2. Argentine Republic, Nov. 



2. Argentine Republic. 



4. Argentine Republic. 



5. Argentine Republic, Nov. 

 lit. Buenos Ay res. 



'5. Buenos Ayres. 



3. Ajo, Buenos Ayres, 10th Oct. 



(with 1 egg of Pseudoleistes 

 rirescens, see p. 384.) 



3. Ajo, loth Nov. (C. H. B. G.) 



(in nest of P. virescens). 

 5. Ajo, 24th Nov. (C. H. B. G.) 

 ( with 4 egs of P. virescens). 



4. Ajo, 17th Oct. 



4. Ajo, 3rd Feb. (with 1 egg of M. 

 badius, see p. 378). 



3. Ajo, 17th Feb. (with 2 esrgs of 

 M. baditts). 



8. Ajo, 20th Dec. ( C. H. B. Grant) 

 I with 1 egg of M. bonariensis, 

 in nest of M. badius, in old nest 

 of Anumbius acuticauda, see 

 p. 375). 



A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 A. H. Holland, Esq. [C."|. 

 W. H. Hudson, Eeq.TP.J. 

 W, H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Miss I. G. Runuacles [C.J. 



Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 



Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.]. 

 Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.J. 



Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.]. 

 Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 



Molothrus badius ( Vieill.). 



Molotiirus badius, Jloltz, J. f. O. 1870, p. 19, Taf. i. fig. 2; Hudson, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 159 ; Dalgletih, Proc. JR. Pltys. Soc. Edinb. vi. 

 p. 2-J5, pi. vii. tig. 4 (1880-1); Sd. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 338 

 (IS88) ; Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 95 (1888); Holland, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 198; Nehrk. Jt.r/. Eiersamml. p. 100 (1899); Eider, Rev. 

 Mus. Paulina, iv. p. 36 (1900) ; Ihering, t. c. p. 220 (1900) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-lv. p. 491 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 342 (1910); 

 C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 104. 



The eggs of the Bay-winged Cow-bird are of a rather broad oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are white, 

 greyish-white, or pinkish-white, finely and densely mottled with 

 various shades of brown and underlung lavender or lilac-grey. 



