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Eggs attributed to the Screaming Cow-bird by Mr. Hudson are 

 elliptical in shape, the two ends being, however, rather pointed, 

 and moderately glossy. They are grey, thickly and evenly 

 speckled and mottled with pale purplish-brown and pale lavender. 

 Three examples measure respectively : '9 by "68 ; -9 by -69 ; '93 

 by -69. 



-Eggs taken by Mr. Holland are of a regular oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greyish-white, thickly freckled with 

 dark brown and underlying grey. They measure respectively : 

 •95 by -7 ; -97 by -7. 



Pour of the eggs taken by Miss Eunnaoles are of a redder type, 

 the ground being pinkish-white, and the numerous spots and freckles 

 all over the shell reddish-brown and lilac-grey. They measure : 

 •93 by ^74 ; -9 by -7 ; •SS by •GS (two). 



2. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [0.]. 



2. Argentine Republic. Orowley Bequest. 



4. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 

 19. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.J, 



3. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P. 

 3. Ajo, Buenos Ayres, 10th Oct. Miss 1. G. Eunnacles [0." 



(with 1 egg of Pseudoleistes 

 virescens, see p. 384.) 



3. Ajo, 15th Nov. {C.JS.£.G.) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 



(in nest of P. virescens). 

 5. Aj6, 24th Nov. (C H. B. G.) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 

 (with 4 eugs of P. virescens). 



4. Ajo, 17th Oct. Miss I. G. Runnacles [0.]. 

 4. Ajo, 3rd Feb. (with 1 egg of ilf. Miss I. G. Rimnacles [C.J. 



hadius, see p. 378). 

 3. Ajo, 17th Feb. (with 2 eggs of Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.]. 



M. badius). 

 8. Ajo, 29th Dec. (C. H. B. Grant) Ernest Gibson, Esq. [P.]. 



(with 1 eg": of M. bonuriensis, 



in ne.st of M. badius, in old nest 



of AnmnbitiS acuticauda, see 



p. 376). 



Molothrus badius ( Vieill.). 



Molothrus badius, Holtz, J. f. O. 1870, p. 19,' Taf i. fig. 2; Hudson, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 169 ; Dalgkish, Froc. JR. Phys. Soc. Edxnb. vi. 

 p. 245, pi. vii. fig. 4 (1880-1) ; Scl. Vat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 338 

 (1888) ; Scl. Sf Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 95 (1888); Holland, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 198; Nehrk. Kot. Eiersamml. p. 100 (1899); Euler, Bev. 

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 36 (1900) ; Ihering, t. c. p. 220 (1900) ; Sharpe, 

 JHand-l.Y. p. 491 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml.^. 342 (1910); 

 C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 104. 



The eggs of the Bay-winged Cow-bird are of a rather broad oval 

 shape and exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are white, 

 greyish-white, or pinkish-white, finely and densely mottled with 

 various shades of brown and underljing lavender or lilac-grey. 



