PYRBHUPHONIA. — CALOSPIZA. 301 



Genus PYRRHUPHONIA, Bonap. 



Pyrrhuphonia Jamaica {Linn.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 20.) 



Euphotiia Jamaica, Oosse, Birds of Jamaica,^. 238 (1847). 

 Pyrrhuphonia Jamaica, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 86 (1886); Ridj/w. 



Birds North Sf Middle Amei: ii. p. 31 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. 



p. 360 (1909). 



Four eggs of the Blue Quit are of a somewhat pointed oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground in all four eggs is white. 

 lu two most of the markings, consisting of purplish-red and 

 lavender spots, are concentrated round the larger end and form a 

 zone ; in the other two, numerous markings of pale purplish-red 

 are scattered over the entire shell, though they are most numerous 

 at the larger end, where they form a zone. They measure respec- 

 tively : -78 hy -57 ; '78 by -55 ; -79 by -55 ; and -77 by -57. 



1. .Jamaica. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. St. Andrew, Jamaica, 27th Aj ril Crowley Bequest. 



(C B. Taylor). 



Genus CALOSPIZA, Gray. 

 Calospiza paradisea (Swains.). 



Calliste tatao, Scl. Cat. Birds B. Af. xi. p. 96 (1886). 

 Calospiza paradisea, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 368 (1909). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Paradise Tanager, are spheroidal 

 in form and slightly glossy. The ground is white or greenish- 

 white with numerous spots and blotches of lilac and purplish-red, 

 most abundant round the larger end, where they form a zone or 

 cap. They measure -78 by •Q2 ; and -78 by -59. 



2. [British Guiana.] Crowley Bequest. 



Calospiza chrjsophrys {Scl.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 17.) 



fJalliste guttata, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 105 (1886) [part]. 

 Calospiza guttata chrysophrys, Eidgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer., 



ii. p. 40 (1902). 

 Calospiza chrysophrys, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 365 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Yellow-browed Tanager are of a regular oval 

 shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are white, splashed, 

 blotched, and finely marked with dark purplish-red and grey, 

 the markings being mostly confined to the broader half of the 



