OSTINOPS. CACICTTS. 369 



Ostinops decumanus, Sd. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 508; Scl Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xi. p. 315 (1886}; Salo. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 i. p. 440 (1886) ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. iii. p. 376 (1891) ; 

 Ne/irk. Kai. Hiersamml. ip. 99 (1899), p. 340 (1910); EuUr, Rev. 

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 32 (1900) ; Thering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. 

 p. 217 (1900) ; Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 184 

 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 485 (1909). 



The eggs of the Crested Hangnest are of a regular oval shape, 

 slightly glossy and of coarse texture. They appear to be very 

 variable in colour. Two specimons have the ground white and 

 two others have it pale greenish-blue, and they are both 

 sparingly spotted aud blotched with deep black and lilac' Two 

 other examples are pale pinkish-white mottled and smeared with 

 lilac-grey. In addition, one is covered with a close tracery of fine 

 purplish-brown lines, and the other is marked with a few blackish 

 spots and blotches and some irregular lines of purplish-grey. They 

 measure from 1-25 to 1-4 in length, and from -9 to 1 in breadth. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Remedios, Antioquia, U.S. Salnn-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. /Salmon). 



3. Tobago. Dr. W. F. Brehot [P.l. 



2. Tobago. Dr. W. F. Brehot [P.J. 



Ostinops salmoni, Sclater. 



Ostinops atrocastaneus, Scl. ^ Salo. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 509, pi. xliii. 



figs. 1, 2. 

 Ostinous salmoni, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 317 (1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Mersamml. p. 99 (1899), p. .341 (1910) ; Sharpe, Handrl. v. p. 485 



(1909). 



The eggs of Salmon's Hangnest are of a narrow oval shape, with- 

 out gloss and slightly coarse in texture. They are of two types. 

 In the first they are piukis'h- white, blotched and smeared with two 

 shades of sepia-brown and with underlying lavender-grey. In the 

 second, the eggs are salmon-pink, spotted and mottled with pale 

 reddish-brown and lilac-grey, and marked, in addition, with a few 

 lines and specks of deep purplish-brown. They measure from 1-37 

 to 1-5 in length, and from •91 to 1 in breadth. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



1. Frontino {T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Frontino (T. if. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus CACICTJS, Lacej^tede. 



Cacicus persicus {Linn.). 



Cassicus persicus, Scl. l^ Salo. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 266 ; Layard, Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 381 ; Sol. Cat. Birds B. M, xi. p. 321 (1886) ; Allen, Bull. Amer. 



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