378 



ICIEKIDiB. 



The markings are generally rather more dense at the broad end. 

 Three specimens measure respectively: '99 by "76; -96 by "78; 

 •95 by -73. 



1. Ajo, Buenos Ayres, 3rd Feb. 



(with 4 eggs of M. rufo-axil- 

 laris, see p. .377). 



2. Aj.3, 17th Feb. (with 3 eggs of 



M. nifo-axillaris). 



Miss I. G. Eunnaoles [0.]. 

 Miss I. G. Kunnacles [C.]. 



Genus AGBLiEUS, Yieill. 

 Agelaeus phoeniceus (Linn.). 



Icterus phceniceus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 2, «, b 



(1845-54). 

 Agelaius phoeniceus, Baedi-ker, Eier Eur. Vdg. tab. 76. fig. 14 (1855- 



63) ; Baird, Brewer S,- Ridgio. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 159 (■]874) ; 



Bendire. Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 449, pi. vi. iigs. 13, 14, 



15 (1895). " 

 AgelfBus phceniceus, Coves, Birds N.-West, p. 186 (1874); 8cl. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xi. p. 340 (1886 ; Seebohm, Eqqsof Brit. Birds, p. 231, 



pi. 54. fig. 18 (1896) ; ISeh-k. Kut. Eiersmmnl. p. 100 (1899), 



p. 342 (1910) ; Sharpe, TLand-l. v. p, 491 (1909). 

 Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus, Bidyw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. ii. 



p. 330 (1902). 



The eggs of the lled-winged Blackbird, or Eed-shouldered 

 Scarling, are of an oval shape, and moderately gloss}'. They are 

 pale bluish-green, often clouded at the ends -with greyish-pink 

 or pale brown and sparingly marked, chiefly at the broad end, with 

 spots, streaks, and lines resembling those on the eggs of some 

 of the Buntings. These markings are black, brown, deep purplish- 

 red, and pinkish-brown, many of them being blurred at the 

 margins and running into the surrounding ground-colour. 

 jSTumerous eggs measure from -9 to I'l in length, and from -67 

 to '75 in breadth. 



3. 

 15. 

 12. 



9. 



5. 



3. 



2. 



North America. 



North America. 



North America (Henshaw Coll.). 



North America (Smiths. Inst.). 



North America (7'. M. B reiver : 



Tristram Coll.), 

 North America. 

 North America (D. G. Elliot : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 Fort llesolutioD, Gt. Slave Lake, 



June (J, Lockhart : Smiths. 



Inst.). 

 Canada. 

 Canada. 

 Vermillion, South Dakota, 30th 



May. 

 Beadville, Massachusetts, 20th 



May. 



Old Collection. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. ^ 



W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



