CHlOECSPINGrS. HEMISPIKGCS. 316 



Genus CHLOKOSPINGUS, Cah. 



Chlorospingus regionalis, Bangs. 



Chlorospingus regionalis, Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, six. p. 112 



(1906) ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. v. p. 401 (1909). 

 Chlorospingus alUitemporalis, Scluter, Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 239 Q886) 



[part.]. 

 Chlorospiugus albitenipora, Nehrk. {nee Lafr.) Kut. Mersamml. p. 828 



(1910). 



An egg of Ihe Costa Rica Chlorospingus is of a rather blunt oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. The ground is white, spotted and finely 

 marked all over with Indian-red and pale lavender, the markings 

 being much more numerous towards the broad end, where they 

 form an irregular zone. It measures -82 by '64. 



1. Escasu, Costa Rica, 4th June. Mr. 0. F. Underwood [C.]. 



Chlorospingus flavipectus {Lafr.). 



Chlorospingus flavipectus, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1379, p. 503, pi. xlii. iig. 6; 

 Set. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 242 (1880) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 402 

 (1C09). 



Five eggs of the Yellow-breasted Chlorospingus are of a blunt 

 oval form and devoid of gloss. They are creamy white, thickly 

 speckled and mottled, especially at the broad end where a cap is 

 formed, with chestnut-brown and lilac-grey. They measure respec- 

 tively : -83 by -6 ; -81 by -61 ; -8 by -62 ; -8 by -61 ; -79 by -6. 



1 . U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



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



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Santa Elena {T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus HEMISPINGUS, Cah. 



Hemispingus rubrirostris {Lafr.). 



Chlorospingus rubrirostris, Scl. §• Salv. P.Z.S. 1879, p. 504; Sel. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 246 (1886); Nehrh. Kat. JEiersamml. p. 97 



(1899). 

 Hemispingus rubrirostris, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 403 (1909). 



An egg of the Red-billed Tanager is of a regular oval shape and 

 exhibits a small amount of gloss. It is creamy-white, thickly 

 mottled over the broader half of the egg, sparingly elsewhere, with 

 very pale reddish-brown and lavender. The markings form a dense 

 cap at the broad end. It measures '9 by "67. - 



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



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon). 



