388 iciEEiDa;. 



3. Nevada, 3i-d June (Henshaw Salvin-Godmaii Coll. 



Coll.). 

 1. Carson City, Nevada, 21st April Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 [Henshmo Coll.). 



4. Santa Cruz, California, 17th May. Crowley Bequest, 



ft 

 Sturnella meridionalis, Sclater. 



Sturnella meridionalis, Scl. Ibis, 1861, p. 179 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 498 



(1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 344 (1910). 

 Sturnella magna, Ihering (nee Linn.), Rev. Mus, Paulista, iv. p. 222 



(1900). 



An egg of the Venezuelan Meadow-Lark is similar to that of 



5. magna. 



1. ^'enezuela {Kehrhorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus ICTERUS, Brisson. 

 Icterus Baltimore {Linn.). 



Icterus baltimore, Thien. Fortjvflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxvii. fig. 3, a, h 

 (1845-64) ; JBaird, Breioer S^ Ridgw. N. Ainei-. Birth, ii. p. 195 

 (1874); Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 864 (1886); Salo. f Oodm. 

 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 460 (1887) ; Nehrh. Kat. J<!ier.mmml. 

 p. 101 (1899), p. 344 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 498 (1909). 



Icterus galbula, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Btrds, ii. p. 482, pi. vii. 

 figs. 6-9 (1895) ; Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. ii. p. 310 

 (1902). 



The eggs of the Baltimore Hangnest are of a narrow and 

 sharply-pointed oval shape and moderately glossy. They are 

 greyish-white, marked with spots, blotches and lines, both fine 

 and thick, of black, brown or chocolate-brown and underlying 

 lavender. The lines at the broad end of the egg in one specimen 

 are complex and tangled, forming an irregular cap. The eggs vary 

 from -86 to 1 in length, and from -6 to -65 in breadth. 



2. North America (Senshaju Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Fort Dufferin, N.A., 14th June N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



(O. M. Dawson). 



4. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 5th June W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(F. L. Pircks). [P.]. 



4. Chester, Pennsylvania (C. J. Princeton University, N.J. 



Pennock). [E-]- 



5. Summit, New Jersey ( W. E. D. Princeton University, N.J. 



Scott). [E.]. 



4, Princeton, N. J., 6th June ( IF. E. Princeton Universitv, N.J. 



B. S.). [E.]. 



7. Philadelphia (2'rafe-a?;j CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



