OTtrZOBOETTS. PTRRHITLAGEA. 159 



Oryzoborus funereus {Sd.). 



Oryzoborus funereus, Sd. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506 ; Salv. ^ Godm. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves,i. p. 849 (1885) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xii. p. 81 (1888) ; Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 605 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Handrl. v. p. 205 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Dusky Kice-Grosbeak are of an oval shape 

 and somewhat glossy. They are greenish-white, thickly marked 

 with reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey. In one speci- 

 men the markings consist chiefly of small blotches; in another 

 of dots and fine streaks. Three examples measure respectively : 

 •71 by -54 ; -74 by -55 ; and -75 by -55. 



2. Medellin,Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(T. K. Salmon). 

 1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PYRRHULAGEA, Less. 



Pyrrhulagra ruficollis {Qmel.). 



(Plate IX. flg. 8.) 



Pyrrhvila violaoea, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 254 ([1847). 



LoxigiUa violacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds. B. M. xii. p. 82 (1688) [pavt. ]. 



Pyrrhulagra violacea ruficollis, Ridgw, Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 



p. 552 (1901). 

 Pyrrhulagra ruficollis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 205 (1908). 



Eggs of the Purple Grosbeak are regular ovals and slightly 

 glossy. They are white or creamy-white, blotched and spotted, 

 most thickly at the larger end where the markings coalesce and form 

 a cap, with pale reddish-brown aiid underlying purplish-grey. 

 They measure from -9 to -96 in length, and from -62 to '68 in 

 breadth. 



Pyrrhulagra grenadensis {Cory). 



(Plate IX. fig. 7.) 



Loxigilla noctis, Lawr. P. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 614 (1886). 

 Pyrrhulagra noctis grenadensis, Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. 



p. 560 (1901). 

 Pyrrhulagra grenadensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 206 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Grenada Grosbeak are of a rather long oval form 

 and devoid of gloss. They are white, spotted and blotched with 

 reddish-brown and underlying purplish-grey, chiefly about the 



