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broad end than elsewhere. Two examples measure respectively : 

 •74 by -56 ; and -72 by -57. 



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

 Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



Genus CONIEOSTRUIH, D'Orb. ^ Lafr. 

 Conirostrum sitticolor, Lafr. 



Conirostrum sitticolor, Sel. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 1.3 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. Y. p. 347 (1909). 



An egg, said to be that of the Black-throated Sugar-bird, is of a 

 regular oval form and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is pale 

 greenish-white blotched and spotted, especially towards the larger 

 end, with lilac-grey, and with a few small purplish-black spots 

 scattered over the shell. It measures "78 by "52. 



1. Bogota, U.S. Colombia {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Family TANAGRlDiE. 



Genus EUPHONIA, Desmarest. 



Euphonia nigricoUis ( Vieill.). 



Euphonia nigricollis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 61 (1886) : Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 355 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Black-necked Euphonia are of a slightly 

 pointed oval form and devoid of gloss. They are uniform greenish- 

 white and measure respectively : -69 by -5 ; -69 by -45 ; and '63 

 by -5. 



3. Venezuela. Crowley Bequest. 



Euphonia elegantissima {Bonap.). 



Euphonia elegantissima, Scl. F. Z. S. 1859, p. 378 ; Sah. ^ Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 256 (1883) ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. 

 p. 62 (1886) ; Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. p. 12 (1902) ; 

 Sharpe, Handrl. v. p. 356 (1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 324 

 (1910). 



The eggs of the Blue-headed Euphonia are spheroidal in shape 

 and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy-white 

 very sparingly spotted, in one specimen with purplish-brown and 

 lavender, and in another with brownish-pink and a few minute 



