542 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [June 3, 



409. Polyborus cheriway (Jacquin.) ; Sharpe, Cat. i. p. 33. 



Rio Negro. (Mus. S.-G.) 



Eggs (no. 144) thickly freckled with red spots, and blotched at 

 the larger or smaller end with patches of several darker shades of the 

 same colour: axis 2*3, diam. T83. 



" The only nest I obtained was made of a mass of sticks, and 

 placed in a large tree about 50 feet from the ground." — T. K. S. 



" Builds under an overhanging stone among the rocks, and lays two 

 white eggs, very thickly spotted. It may choose other situations, 

 as I have only known one nest." — T. K. S. 



410. Cathartes aura (Linn.). 

 In the seventh collection. 



Eggs creamy-white, spotted with evenly distributed small spots 

 of several shades of red-brown : axis 2"75, diam. 1*9. (Mus. Brit.) 



411. Cathartes atratus (Bartr.). 



Eggs (no. 141) white, sparingly marked with rather large spots 

 of several shades of red-brown and lilac: axis 3 - 95, diam. 2. 



" Builds a nest of a few sticks on the ground or under shelter of 

 rocks."— T. K. S. 



412. Gypagus papa (Linn.). 

 Several specimens. 



STEGANOPODES. 



413. Plotus anhinga, Linn. 



HERODIONES. 



414. Ardea candidissima (Gm.). 

 Cauca. 



415. Btjtorides virescens (Linn.). 

 Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 



416. Butorides cyanurus (Vieill.). 



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



Iris yellow. 



Egg (no. 109) pale greenish white: axis 1*4, diam. 1*1. (Mus. 



S.-G.) 



417. Tigrisoma salmoni, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 38. 

 Cauca and Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 



418. Nycticorax gardeni (Gm.). 

 Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 



419. Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. 



Remedios. 

 Iris yellow. 



