384 



lOTEEIBiB. 



4. A36, 24tli Nov. (C. II. B. G) 

 (with five eggs of Moluthrus 

 rufo-axillaris, see p. 377). 



1. Ajd, 10th Oct. (with three eggs of 

 J£. rufo-axillaris). 



8. Paraguay (with one egg of M. 

 bonariensis) (see p. 376). 



Ernest Gibson, Esci. [P.]. 



Miss I. G. Runnacles [C.]. 

 A. K. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus CUEiEUS, Sclater. 



Curaeus aterrimus (Kiitl). 



(Plate XVII. fig. 8.) 



Curaeus aterrimua, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 354 (1886); James, 

 New List Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 27; 

 Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 101 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; iSharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 496 (1909). 



The eggs of the Chilian Starling are of an oval shape, sometimes 

 broad, sometimes long and narrow, and moderately glossy. They 

 are of a bluish-white or very pale blue colour, frequently plain, 

 sometimes marked with a few black blotches, spots, lines?, and 

 hieroglyphic-like figures at the broad end. They measure from 

 1-05 to 1-35 in length, and from -77 to '86 in breadth. 



Genus TRUPIALIS, Bonap. 



Trnpialis militaris {Linn.). 

 (Plate XVII. figs. 11 & 12.) 



Icterus militaris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voa. tab. xxxvii. fig. 13 a, b 

 (1845-54). 



Sturnella militaris, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 153. 



Trupialis militaris, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 356 (1886) ; Scl. Sf Huds. 

 Arg. Orn. i. p. 104 (1888) ; James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 3 

 (1892) ; Holknd, Ibis, 1897, p. 286 ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 101 

 (1899), p. 844 (1910) ; Craw.ihag, Birds of Tierra del Fnego, p. 57 

 (1907); Sharpe,IIand-l. v. p. 496 (1909) ; C. Grant, Ibis, 1911, p. 108. 



The eggs of the Patagonian Marsh-Starling are of a regular or 

 somewhat narrow oval shape, and moderately glossy. They are 

 pinkish-white, marked, more thickly at the broad end than else- 

 where, with smears, blotches, spots, and occasional lines of 



