508 Messrs. sclater and salvin on [June 3, 



133. EuSPIZA AMERICANA (Gui.) 



No exact locality given. (Mus. S.-G.) 



This northern species also occurs in Bogota collections. 



134. Chrysomitris columbiana (Lafr.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 124. 



Concordia, Retiro, Sta. Elena, Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Eggs (no. 4) pale greenish white : axis - 65, diam. "45. 

 " This species builds a pretty nest, often artfully placed on the 

 branch of a fruit-tree. It is composed externally of dried grass 

 intermixed with moss, cotton, and lichen ; sometimes the cotton 

 abounds : it is very carefully finished and delicately lined with hair. 

 The eggs are three in number, white, slightly tinged with blue, 

 without any spots. It breeds in June and July, and is a very 

 common bird. The young first assume the plumage of the female ; 

 and after the breeding-season they are generally seen in flocks of 

 ten or twelve."— T. K. S. 



135. Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Du Bus; Scl. et Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 785. 



Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 



This Siskin is widely distributed, extending from Costa Rica into 

 Bolivia. It occurs in Bogota collections. 



Eggs (no. 10) pale greenish white, thickly but faintly freckled 

 with lilac and brownish spots: axis 7, diam. *5. 



Fam. Icterid^e. 



136. Ocyalus wagleri (Gray & Mitch.) ; Scl. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 127. 



Pocune, Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Iris blue. 



Eggs (no. 150) pale greenish white, blotched with sepia spots of 

 various sizes : axis T3, diam. *88. (Plate XLIII. fig. 3.) 



137. Ostinops decumanus (Pall.) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1879, p. 200. 



Remedios. (Mus. S.-G.) 

 Iris blue. 



Eggs (no. 149) pale greenish blue, sparsely spotted with dark- 

 brown spots : axis T3, diam. 1. 



138. Ostinops guatemozinus, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. 

 p. 833, et Notes s. 1. Coll. Delattre, p. 10 (1853) ; Cassin, Pr. Acad. 

 Phil. 1860, p. 138; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 35. 



Remedios. (Mus. P. L. S. and S.-G.) 



Iris blue. 



Eggs (no. 148) pale pinkish white, sparsely spotted with large 

 red-brown spots: axis 1*3, diam. 1. 



These are the first specimens we have ever seen of this fine species, 

 except the type in the Paris Museum and the specimen in Washing- 



