294 CCEBEBIDJE. 



Buarremon elseoprorus, Sd. 4' ^<'^v. 



Buavremon eteopronis, Scl. 8( Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 604, pi. xlii. fig. 7 ; 

 Sd Cat Birds B. M. xi. p. 265 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Etersamml 

 p. 97 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 338 (1909). 



The eggs of the Olive-backed Sparrow resemble those of Lysurug 

 eastaneiceps, but the markings are in many places confluent and of 

 a rather brighter chestnut. Three specimens measure respectively : 

 •92 by -7 ; -94 by -68 ; and -94 by -66. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia {T. K. Salmon). 

 1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Buarremon meridse, Scl. 6f Salv. 



Buarremon meridse, Scl. ^ Sah. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 785 ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 266 (1886) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 338 (1909). 



Two eggs believed to be those of the Merida Sparrow are of a 

 rather loug and somewhat pointed oval form. The ground-colour 

 is white thickly covered with spots and small blotches of brown 

 and lilac-grey, most dense towards the larger end. One egg 

 measures I'Ol by '66. 



2. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



Family CCEREBID^. 



Genus CCEREBA, Vieill. 



Coereba luteola (Cab.). 



Certhiola luteola, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 40 (1886) ; Nehrh. Kat. 

 Biersamml. p. 94 (1899). 



Coereba luteola, Chapm. Bull. Amer. Mtis. N. H. vi. p. 25 (1894) ; 

 Bidgio. Birds Middle 8r North Amer. ii. p. 406 (1902); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 342 (1909) ; Nehr. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 322 (1910). 



The eggs of Cabanis's Sugar-bird are of a Regular oval form and 

 rather glossy. The ground-colour is white marked all over, 

 but especially towards the larger end, with specks and spots of 

 chocolate, reddish-brown and lavender. They measure from -63 to 

 •65 in length, and from -5 to -51 in breadth. 



6. Veneztiela. Crowley Bequest. 



