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TANAGEIDjE. 



Tanagra cyaiijptera ( VieilL). 



Tanasra cyauoptei-a, &cl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 157 (]886) Neh-k. 

 Kai. Eiersamml. p. 95 (1899), p. 326 ^1910) ; Ihemn, Rev. Mus. 

 Paulista, lY. p. 209 (1000) ; Sharpe, HandA. v. p. 378 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Blue-shouldered Tanager resemble those of 

 T. o™ato*,aQd differ entirely from those of the other species of the 

 genus represented in the Collection. They are pale blue, sparingly 

 marked all over with small, well-defined, roundish spots of very 

 dark purplish-black. One example measures -9 by -7. 



2. Eio de .Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



Tarajra ;ayaca, Linn. 



(Piute XIU. figs. 5 & 8.) 



Tanaora sayaca, Evht, J.f. O. 1867, p. 410; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. 

 p. 158 (1886): Berlepsch, J.f. O. 1887, pp. 6, 115; Euler, JReii. 

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 20 (1900) ; Ihering, Reo. Mus. Paulista, iv. 

 pp. 153, 209 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 378 (1909) ; Nekrlc. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 326 (1910);' Chuhb, Ibis, 1910, p. 625. 



Eggs of the Grey-breasted Tanager vary in shape from a very 

 long pointed oval to nearly spheroidal. The ground varies from 

 white to creamy- white or greenish-white. In some examples the 

 markings are remarkably like those found in the commonest type 

 of Passer domestieus, the entire shell being thickly clouded and 

 blotched with grey-brown and umber-brown. In others a large 

 part of the ground-colour is visible, the markings, which consist 

 of cloudings, spots and streaks of purplish-grey and dark purplish- 

 brown, being mostly confined to the larger end of the shell. In a 

 third type all the markings are fine and there are no very distinct 

 dark spots or streaks, the larger end of the shell being surrounded 

 by a heavy clouded zone. They vary from -87 to 1-1 in length, and 

 from '61 to -67 in breadth. 



* The eggs of both this species and T. cyanoptera presented by Mr. Fry 

 were acooinpanied by skins of the birds, and there is therefore no reason to 

 doubt their authenticity. 



