PYEEHTTLOXIA. 167 



Volatinia splendens, Salv. Sc Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 357 



(1886) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 217 (1908). 

 Volatinia jacarini, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 152 (1888) [pai-t.]. 

 Volatinia lacarini splendens, Midgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. p. 526 



(1901). r , 1, y i. 



Eggs of the Blue-black Grassquit are of a blunt oval sbape 

 and slightly glossy. They are white, speckled and blotched with 

 reddish-brown of two shades. The markings are dense at the 

 larger end of the egg, where they form a zone or cap of greater or 

 lesser extent. Eight examples measure from -6 to "7 in length, 

 and from -5 to -54 in breadth. 



1. JNlexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Mexico. Goulcl Coll. 



1. Ii'azu, Costa Rica, October. 0. P. Underwood [C.]. 



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



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Medellin (r. A'. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus PYRRHULOXIA, Bonap. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Bnnap. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 14.) 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, Baird, Breiver Sf Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 95 

 (1874) [part.] ; Sennett, Bull. V. S. Geol. Survey, iv. p. 21 (1878) ; 

 Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 343 (1884); Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 158 (1888) ; Nehrh. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 106 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 218 (1908). 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata, Bidgw. Birds North 8^- Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 625 (1901). 



Three eggs of the Western Texas Cardinal-Gosbeak are of a 

 broad rounded oval form and have a small amount of gloss. They 

 are white, speckled and blotched all over, but more densely at the 

 broad end than elsewhere, with umber-brown and underlying 

 purplish-grey. They measure respectively : -89 by -72; -94 by "76; 

 and -95 by -76. 



1. Texas (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Texas. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyrrhuloxia texana, Biclgw. 



Pvrrhuloxia sinuata texana, Ridgtv. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i, 



" p. 628 (1901). 

 Pyrrhuloxia texana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 218 (1908). 



Three eggs of the Southern Cardinal-Grosbeak resemble those of 

 P. sinuata, but are of a regular oval form. They measure re- 

 spectively : -9 by -68 ; -92 by -68 ; and '96 by -eg. 



3. Sau Antonio, Texas, 30th April. W. Radclifle Saimders, Esq. 



