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•81 by '68 ; "89 by "65. In a third egg the markings, which are 

 much smaller and less numerous, are reddish-brownish and reddish 

 lilac. It measures "79 by •&. 



2. [Jamaica] {Nehrkom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Jamaica.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus RHAMPHOCCELUS, Desm. 



Rhamphocoelus brasilius {Linn.). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 16.) 



Eamphocelus brasilius, Euler, J. f. 0. 1867, p. 409; id., Rev. Mus. 



Puulista, iv. p. aO (1900). 

 Ilhamphncoelus brasilius, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 170 (1886) ; Iheying, 



Reo. Mus. PauUs'a, iv. p. 210 (19C0); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 



(1909) ; Kehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 320 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Brazilian Tanager are of a broad oval shape, and 

 slightly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly marked with spots 

 of deep black, and with small underlying markings of blackish-grey 

 and gre3'. They measure respectively : '9 by -7 ; '9 by "72 ; -9 by 

 •68 ; -88 by •68. 



2. Kiode Janeiro. Alexander Fry, Esq. [I'.]. 

 2. Iguape, Sao_Paulo, 7th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



Rhamphocoelus nigrigularis {SpLx). 



Ramphocoelua nigrigularis, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 180 [Upper 



IJcayali]. 

 Rhamphocoelus nigrigularis, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 171 (1886) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 3w 



(1910). 



Two eggs of the Black-throated Tanager are similar to those of 

 R. brasilius but somewhat smaller. They measure respectively -88 

 by -58 and -82 by ^62. 



1. Upper Amazonia {Nehrkom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Upper Ucayali (E. Bartlett ; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Hiamphocoelus dimidiatus, Lafr. 



Ramphocoelus dimidiatu?, Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 326 ; Scl. 8,- Salv. 



P.Z.S. 1879, p. 501; Salv. 8f Qodm. Biol. Centr.-Arrmr., Aves, i. 



p. 283 (1883). 

 Rhamphocoelus dimidiatus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 172 (1886) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 96 (1899), p. 826 figiO) ; Allen, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. xxi. p. 293 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 381 (1909). 



The eggs of the Red-bellied Tanager are of a normal oval shape 

 and fairly glossy. They are pale blue, sparingly sp.otted and 



