168 masaiLLivx. 



Genus CARDINALIS, Bonap. 



Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). 



Oardinalis Tirginianus, Baird, Brewa- Sr Midc/tv. JV. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 100 (1874) [part.] ; Beid, Bull. U.S. 'A'ot Mus. no. 25, p. 200 



(1884) ; Sah. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amei:, Aves, i. p. 340 (1884) 



[part.]; Nehrh. Eat. Biersamml. p. 106 (1899). 

 Cardinalis" cardinalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 161 (1888); id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 

 Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, Bidgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer. i. 



p. 635 (1901). 



Eggs of the Cardinal are of an elongate oval shape and possess a 

 considerable amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 

 white to ashy or greenish-white, and is very thickly covered with 

 spots, streaks and blotches of ashy-brown and underlying purplish- 

 grey. On many specimens the markings are large and more or 

 less confluent; on others they are fine and distinct. In most 

 cases they form an ill-defined cap at the larger end. Numerous 

 specimens measure from -89 to I'l in length, and from '62 to '78 

 in breadth. 



2. North America {Henshaw CoU). Salvin-G odnian Coll. 



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



3. North America [Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. North America {Smiths. Inst.), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Bermuda. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Bermuda {S. G. R.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 



4. Bermuda {S. G. R.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.J. 

 4. Bermuda (S. G. B.). Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.]. 

 2. Bermuda [J. Martache : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Bermuda (/. M. : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Bermuda (J. M. .- Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Ireland I., Bermuda (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Cardinalis canicauda, Chapman. 

 (Plate IX. figs. 18 & 19.) 



Oardinalis virginianus, Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Sum. iv. p. 21 (1878). 

 Cardinahs cardinalis canicaudus, Bidgw. Birds North & Middle Amer i 



p. 639 (1901). 

 Cardinali.s canicauda, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 219 (1908). 



Nine eggs of the Grey-tailed Cardinal resemble the finely spotted 

 examples of 0. cardinalis described above, and do not dift'er either 

 in shape or in size. 



4. Texas, 20th March. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. ^ 



6. San Antonio, Texas, 3rd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.]. 



