CCEEEBA. 295 



Ccerelba mexicana (Sd.). 



Certhiola mexicana, Scl. ^ 8alv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 497 ; Salv. ^ Oodm. 



Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 250 (1883) ; ScL Cat. Birds B. M. 



xi. p. 38 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899). 

 Coereba mexicana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 342 (1909). 



An egg of the Mexican Sugar-bird is a regular oval in form 

 and devoid of gloss. It is dull white, thickly speckled and mottled 

 with pale reddish-brown and lavender, the markings being deusest 

 at the broad end, round which they form a wide zone. It 

 measures '64 by 'S. 



1. Medellin, Antioquia, U.S. Oo- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 lombia [T. K. Salmon). 



Coereba flaveola (Linn.). 

 (Plate XIII. fig. 1), 



Certhiola ilaveola, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 84 (1847) ; Scl. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 94 (1899). 



Coereba flaveola, Mid^w. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 414 (1902) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 343 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 

 (1910). 



Eggs of the Jamaica Sugar-bird are of a regular oval shape and 

 possess a small amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, densely 

 speckled and mottled with pale chestnut-brown and blotched with 

 faint underlying lavender. In one example the markings form an 

 irregular zone round the broad end ; in the other there is little or 

 no trace of any zone. They measure respectively : -69 by •52 ; 

 and -72 by -53.' 



3. Jamaica. Rev. Benjamin Zincke [P.]. 



Ccereba newtoni, Bainl. 



Certhiola flaveola, A. 8r E. Newton (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1859, p. 67. pi. xii. 



fig. 3. 

 Certhiola newtoni, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 43 (1886). 

 Coereba newtoni, Bidgw. Birds North £/■ Middle Amer. ii. p. 416 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 843 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 323 



(1910). 



The eggs of Newton's Sugar-bird closely resemble those of 

 C. flaveola already described, but the ground-colour is pale cream- 

 colour or white. The markings are densest at the broad end and 

 form an irregular cap. Eight examples measure from -65 to 

 •75 in length, and from •S to ^52 in breadth. 



6. St. Croix, West Indies {A. ^ E. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Netoton). 

 2. St. Croix, West Indies {A. New- Crowley Bequest. 



tou: Tristram Coll.). 



