•2&2 rEINGILLIDJS. 



a slight gloss. They are white, very sparingly speckled with black, 

 chiefly at itJhe broad end. Two examples measure respectively : 

 •93 by -62:; and -95 by -62. 



2. Nanegal, Ecuador (Z. Frasn-). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Arremon aurantiirostris, Lafr. 



Arremon aiiraatiirostris, Sa.lv. 8f Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 324 

 (1883); Set. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 275 (1886); JRichmmd, Pr. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 490 (1893) ; Ridgw. Birds North §• Middle 

 Amer. i. p. 455 (1901) ; iSharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 334 (1909). 



An egg believed to be that of the Orange-billed Arremon is of 

 a rather broad oval shape ; the ground-colour is greenish-white, 

 marked all over the shell, especially towards the broader end, with 

 small spots and dots of rust-colour and purplish-red. It measures 

 •95 by -68. 



1. [Costa Rica.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus LYSURUS, Ridgw. 



Lysurus castaneiceps (Sdater). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 7.) 



Buarnemon castaneiceps, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505 ; Scl. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 261 (1886). 

 Lysurus castaneiceps, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 335 (1909). 



The eggs of the Chestnut-capped Sparrow are of a blunt oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are white, thickly sprinkled with 

 specks and small blotches of chestnut and pale lavender, especially 

 at the broad end, where the markings form an ill-defined cap. Two 

 examples measure respectively : 1-03 by •72, and -96 by •72. 



2. Frontino, Antio(i[uia, U.S. Co- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 lombia {T. K. Salmon). 



Genus ATLAPETES, Wagler. 



Atlapetes pileatus, Wagler. 

 Atlapetes pileatus, Sah. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 405 



^ oo}]3.^^"P^' '^'"^^ ^''■^ ^- ^- ^"- P- ^"40 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. v. 

 p. 335 (1909), 



Atlapetes pileatus pileatus, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 460 (1901). 



An egg believed to be that of the Kufous-eapped Sparrow is of a 



