384 ICTERID^. 



4. Ajo, 24th Nov. (C\ H. B. ft.) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 

 , (with five eggs of Moluthrus 



rufo-a.rillaris, see p. 377). 

 1. Ajo, '10th Oct. (with three eggs of Miss I. G. Ptunnacles [C.]. 



M. rufo-axillaris). 



3. Paraguay (with one egg of M. A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



bonariensis) (see p. 376). 



Genus CURJEUS, Sclater. 



Curaeus aterrimus (Kittl.). 



(Plate XVII. fig. 8.) 



Curaeus aterrimus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 354 (1886); James, 

 New List Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 27 ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 101 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; tiharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 496 (1909). 



The eggs of the Chilian Starling are of an oval shape, sometimes 

 broad, sometimes long and narrow, and moderately glossy. They 

 are of a bluish-white or very pale blue colour, frequently plain, 

 sometimes marked with a few black blotches, spots, lines, and 

 hieroglyphic-] ike figures at the broad end. They measure from 

 1-05 to 1-35 in length, and from -77 to -86 in breadth. 



4. Chile. Old Collection. 



1. Chile, March (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Santiago, Chile, 29th Sept. ( Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



3. Teniuco, Southern Chile, 12th Nov. A. Saldana [C.]. 



2. Temuco, 14th Nov. A. Saldana [0.1. 



4. Temuco, 19th Nov. A. Saldana [C.]. 



4. Temuco, 21st Nov. A. Saldana [0.1 



3. Temuco, 26th Nov. A. Saldana [C.]. 



1. West Coast of Patagonia. Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



Genus TRUPIALIS, Bonap. 



Tmpialis militaris (Linn.). 

 (Plate XVII. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Icterus militaris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 13, a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Sturnella militaris, Abbott, His, 1861, p. 153. 



Trupialis militaris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 356 (1886) ; Scl. $ Huds. 

 Arg. Orn. i. p. 104 (1888) ; James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 3 

 (1892) ; Holland, Ibis, 1897, p. 286 ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 101 

 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; Crawthay, Birds of Tierra del Fvego, p. 57 

 (1907); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 496 (1909) ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 108. 



The eggs of the Patagonian Marsh-Starling are of a regular or 

 somewhat narrow oval shape, and moderately glossy. They are 

 pinkish-white, marked, more thickly at the broad end than else- 

 where, witb smears, blotches, spots, and occasional lines of 



