SPOEOI'HILA. 101 



the fourth egg the creamy-white ground-colour is almost entirely 

 hidden, being densely spotted and blotched all over -with dull 

 reddish-umber-brown and grey. They measure respectively : -68 by 

 •5 ; -68 by -5 ; -7 by -48 ; and -7 by -54. 



1. Venezuela. W. Eadoliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Venezuela. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. [Venezuela.] Crowley Bequest. 



SporopMla obscura {Tacz.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 10.) 



Spermophila obscura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 101 (1888) : 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 196. 

 The White-throated Finch, Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 426. 

 Sporophila obscui'a, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 



The eggs of the White-throated Grosbeak are somewhat broad 

 ovals and devoid of gloss. Two specimens are very pale bluish- 

 white, speckled sparingly, and only on the larger half of the egg, 

 with blackish-brown and pale pink. Two other specimens are 

 bluish-white, spotted and blotched with black, umber-brown and 

 dull underlying grey. The markings are most dense at the broad 

 end and are there intermingled with a few fine black lines and 

 scrolls. Four examples measure respectively : -BS by "5 ; "67 by 

 •51 ; -65 by -52 ; -68 by -51. 



2. Argentina, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [0.], 



2. Argentina, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Sporophila minuta {Linn.). 



Spermophila minuta, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 506 ; Salv. ^ Godm. 



Biol. Centr.-Ainer., Aves, i. p. 351 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. 109 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml. p. 105 (1899) ; Ihering, 



Bev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 213 (1900). 

 Sporophila minuta minuta, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 567 



(1901). 

 Sporophila minuta, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 209 (1908). 



Eggs of the Eed-bellied Seed-eater are of a blunt oval shape and 

 without any gloss. They are white, sparingly marked with 

 blotches and spots of dark chocolate-brown and profusely sprinkled 

 all over with small specks and dots of pale rufous and lilac-grey. 

 They measure from -65 to -QQ in length, aud from -5 to -53 in 

 breadth. 



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



(7*. K. Salmon). 



2. Medellin (T. X'. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. M&A&Mva. [Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. M.e6t.A\m {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest, 

 vol.. v. M 



