376 Hans Graf von Berlepsch : 



82 x 64, 82 x 62 inch, 87 x 62, 90 x 63 inch, 87 x 65, 

 88 x 66 inch, 84 x 65, 85 x 66 inch (Cherrie). 

 E. cristata. Eggs rather short and roundish, creamy-white 

 with minute brownish-red dots, forming a somewhat indistinct 

 zone near the larger end. 



19-1 x 15-1 mm. (Beri, et Hart,). 

 E. albiceps modesta. Egg yellowish- white, with about 15 

 very dark reddish-brown spots, forming a zone round the 

 larger end ; also with smaller sj>ots, or rather dots of a 

 paler tint. 



21-5 x 16-3 (Tacz.). 

 E. parvirostris. Eggs cream-coloured, with pale reddish- 

 brown markings, and under-lying pale purplish-grey spots, 

 forming an irregular zone above the middle. 



19 x 5 and 19 x 14-8 mm. (Beri, et Hart,). 

 E. obscura. Eggs creamy-white, with pale violet and brown 

 spots, which form a ring round the larger end. 

 22 x 15-5 mm. (Nehrkorn) . 

 E. f. pudica. Eggs white, with a few small red spots near 

 the larger end (Salmon), etc., etc. 



The nesting time in northern South America appears to be 

 from March to June ; in South Brazil from Sejjtember to 

 December. In Costa Bica Mr. Cherrie found nests of E.f. 

 subpagana on May 1st, with two eggs slightly incubated; 

 others on June 2nd and 14th, with fresh eggs and fully 

 fledged young on June 2nd. 



According to Euler, E. flavogaster raise« two broods in the 

 year. 



Literature. 



1766. Linnaeus bestows the systematical denomination of 

 Muscicapa martinica on Brisson's Muscicapa martinica 

 cristata, this being our E. martinica (L.). — Syst. Nat. Ed. 

 XII., p. 325. 



1807. Vieillot describes Muscicapa cdbicapilla, which he says 

 was collected by him in " Saint Domingue," but which is 

 probably our E. martinica (L.), a species not recorded from 

 that island. — Ois. d'Am. Sept., I., p. 66. 



1817. Vieillot establishes the name Sylv ia viridica ta on Azara's 



