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_An egg of the Banded Wood-singer is of a regular oval shape, 

 slightly pointed towards one end and almost devoid of gloss. It is 

 white, blotched at the larger end with yellowish-brown and with 

 reddish-brown and lilac spots, forming together a distinct though 

 rather irregular cap ; there are also a few small reddish-brown spots 

 scattered over the rest of the shell. It measures -75 by -55. 



1. Rancho Eedondo, Costa Rica, Mr. C. F. Underwood rC.l 



25th May. 



Myioborus chrysops (Salv.). 



Setophaga chrysops, Sol. 8r Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 496; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. x. p. 427 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 91 



(1899). 

 Myioborus chrysops, Sharpe, Sand,-l. v. p. 121 (1906). 



Eggs of the Golden-faced "Wood-singer appear to resemble the 

 eggs of M. verticalis very closely. Four examples measure 

 respectively: -78 by -65; -75 by -52; -79 by ■52; -8 by -52. 



2. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Frontino {T. K. S.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus MYIOTHLYPIS, Cab. 



MyiotMypis nigricristatus (Lafresn.). 



(Plate IV. figs. 3 & 4.) 



BasUeuterus nigricristatus, Sol. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 : Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 380 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaniml. p. 90 

 (1899). 



Myiothlypia nigricristatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 122 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Black-capped Wood-singer are of a pointed oval 

 form and devoid of gloss. They are white, speckled and spotted 

 all over with reddish-brown and lilac, and one specimen is marked, 

 in addition, with a large pale rufous blotch about the larger end. 

 They measure respectively : "87 by "6 ; -79 by "6. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman OoU. 



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon). 



Genus BASILEUTERUS, Cab. 



Basileuterus coronatxis (Tsehvdi). 



Basileuterus coronatus, Sol. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494; Sharpe, Cat- 

 Birds B. M. X. p. 390 (1885) ; id., Hand-l. v. p. 124 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Crowned Wood-singer are very similar to those 

 of B. nigricristatus, but the markings are coarser and more dense. 



