386 ICTERID.E. 



The eggs of De Filippi's Marsh-Starling closely resemble those 

 of T. militaris^ but are somewhat smaller. Two specimens, how- 

 ever, differ remarkably from the others in being of a narrow 

 elongate oval form, and in being cream-colour, densely mottled all 

 over with pale chestnut-brown. Examples measure from "92 to 

 1-12 in length, and from '68 to '78 in breadth. 



2. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. 



3. Argentine Republic,- Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.j. 



4. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. C.J. 

 1. [Argentine Republic] (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.: Tristram Coll.). 



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Genus STURNELLA, Vidll. 

 Sturnella magna (Linn.). 



Sturnella magna, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 174 

 (1874) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 358 (1886) [part.] ; Salv. Sf 

 Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 456 (1887) [part.] ; Bendire, 

 Ufe-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 458, pi. vi. figs. 20, 21 (1895); 

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

 Hand-l v. p. 497 (1909). 



Sturnella magna magna, liiduw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. ii. p. 357 

 (1902). 



The eggs of the Meadow-Lark are generally of a broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled, spotted, 

 and blotched in some cases with pale chestnut-brown or pinkish- 

 brown, in others with dark chocolate-brown, and again in others 

 with a combination of the two colours. All have, moreover, 

 numerous underlying markings of pale lavender-grey. The mark- 

 ings, especially the larger ones, are generally densest on the broad 

 end of the egg, but they seldom form a well-defined zone or cap. 

 Some specimens are marked entirely with small spots, but the 

 majority have both spots and blotches. They measure from -91 to 

 1*2 ill length, and from '75 to *9 in breadth. 



6. N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. N. America (T. M. Brewer : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.}. 



3. N. America (J. If. Gurney : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



8. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salviii-Godman Coll. 



6. Minnesota, 21st Mav. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



5. Summerfield, Munroe Co., Michi- W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



gan, oth May (J. Trombley). [P.]. 



4. Pennsylvania (D. G. Elliot :' Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.}. 



