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Dendroeca bartholemica, Sundev. 

 (Plate III. figs. 17 & 18.) 



Dendroeca sestiva, apud A. 8f E. Neivton, Ibis, 1859, p. 143, pi. xii. 



lig. 1. 

 Dendroeca ruficapilla, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 275 (1885) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899). 

 Dendroeca bartholemica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 103 (1906). 



The eggs of the St. Croix Yellow Warbler are of the same 

 general character as those of D. cestiva, but differ in the colour of 

 the markings, which are either of a deep chocolate-brown and 

 purplish-grej', or of a pale lilac-red and lavender. They measure 

 from -7 to •74 in length, and from -53 to -54 in breadth. 



3. St. Croix, West Indies {A. Sf E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Newton). 

 2. St. Croix {A. 8r E. N.). Crowley Bequest. 



Dendroeca maculosa {Gmel.). 



(Plate III. fig. 20.) 



Dendroica maculosa, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 232 



(1874). 

 Dendroeca maculosa, Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 129 



(1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 309 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 89 (1899) ; Sharpe, Eand-l. v. p. 105 (190B). 



Four eggs of the Magnolia Warbler are of a blunt oval form, 

 slightly pointed towards one end and devoid of gloss. The ground- 

 colour is white in all four specimens : in one the markings, which 

 are almost entirely confined to the larger end, are much bolder and 

 consist of blotches of rich chocolate-brown and lavender ; in the 

 other three the markings of light purplish-red and lavender are 

 mostly much smaller, and, though most numerous round the larger 

 end, are scattered over the wtole shell. They measure from '59 to 

 •61 in length, and from ^47 to ^48 in breadth. 



1. North America (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Michiffan, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Dendroeca caernlescens (Gmel.). 



Dendroica cserulescens, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 254 



(1874). 

 Dendroeca cserulescens, Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 126 



(1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 329 (1885) ; Nehrk. Eat. 



Eiersamml. p. 89 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 105 (1906). 



The eggs of the Black-throated. Blue Warbler are of an ordinary 

 oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are cream-colour, 



