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Geothlypis cucuUata {Lath.). 



GeotUypis velata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 363 (1885) ; Scl. 8r 

 Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 20 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 90 

 (1899) ; von Ihenng, Mev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 203 (1900)-. 



Oteothlypis cucullata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 116 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Veiled "Wood-singer are of an ordinary oval 

 shape and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, 

 spotted and blotched, almost entirely at the broad end where the 

 markings form a confluent cap, with brownish-pink, deep purplish- 

 red, and lilac. They measure respectively : -72 by -51 ; -7 by -52. 



2. Argentiue Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus IGTERIA, Vieill. 



Icteria viridis {Gmel.). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 7.) 



Icteria virens, Baird, Brewer §• Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 307 (1874). 

 Icteria viridis, Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 167 (1881) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 373 (1885) ; l^ehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 90 (1899) ; ShariJe, JIand-l. v. p. 117 (1906). 



The eggs of the Yellow -breasted Warbler are of a blunt oval form 

 and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They are white, spotted and 

 blotched 'with reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being 

 larger and often confluent at the broad end, where they form an 

 irregular zone or thin cap. Specimens measure from '81 to -91 in 

 length, and from -6 to -7 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 10. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Neosho Falls, Kansas (B. F. Goss : Crowley Bequest. 



Smiths. Inst.). 



5. Washington, 15th June {Ilenshaiu Salvin-Godman ColL 



Coll.). 



4. New Jersey (D. G. Elliot). Crowley Bequest. 



2. New Jersey, 14th June (with two Princeton University, N.J. 



eggs of Molothrvs pecoris). [E-]- 



6. New Haven, Connecticut, 10th W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



July. ■ [P.]. 



1. Virginia {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Icteria longicauda, Lawr. 



Icteria virens, var. longicauda, Baird, Brewer §• Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



i. p. 309 (1874). 

 Icteria longicauda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 376 (1886) ; NehrJc. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 90 (1899) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 118 (1906). 



Eggs of the Long-tailed Yellow-breasted Warbler do not appear 



