156 FEINGILLIDa;. 



colour pale grejish-green and possess a considerable amount of 

 gloss. One specimen is a broad ellipse in shape, and round one end 

 there is a wreath, or zone of tangled lines, knots, and spots of deep 

 blackish-brown. The remainder of the surface of the shell is 

 unmarked. The other specimens have a similar but rather less 

 extended zone round the larger end, with a ^ew black spots scat- 

 tered here and there over the remainder of the shell. The space 

 occupied by the zone is underlaid with a faint purplish-gre}' wash 

 in all three examples. They measure respectively: 1"18 by '78; 

 1-03 by -8 ; 1-02 by -8. 



1. Sind Valley, Kashmir, 18th May Hume Coll. 



(CM. Cock). 

 1. Murree, N.W. Himalayas, 31st Hume Coll. 



May (C. R. C). 

 1. Murree, 8th June (C. R. C). . Hume Coll. 



Genus ZAMELODIA, Coues. 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana {Linn.). 



Hedyraeles ludovioianus, Baird, Brewer §■ Ridgiu. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 70 (1874) ; Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 33(3 



(1884) ; Sharpe, Oat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 58 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 

 Goniaphea ludoviciana. Comes, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 598 (1878). 

 Zamelodia ludoviciana, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 614 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 201 (1908). 



The eggs of the Eose-breasted Grosbeak are of an oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are light greenish-blue, profusely speckled 

 and blotched over their entire surface with chestnut-brown. In 

 eight eggs the measurements vary from '93 to 1'02 in length, and 

 from •? to '72 in breadth. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Connecticut, U.S.A. ( W. Wood : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. Inst.). 



5. Hartford, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Groveport, Ohio {Smiths. Inst. . Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Zamelodia melanocepliala {Swains.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 5.) 



Hedymeles melanocephalus, Baird, Bremer 8( Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 

 ii. p. 73 (1884) ; Sala. Sf Oodm. Biol, Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 338 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii, p. 62 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Zamelodia melanocephala, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i p 617 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 202 (1908). 



Eggs of the Elack-headcd Grosbeak are of an oyal shape and 



