392 ICTEEIDiE. 



Two eggs believed to be those of the Black-headed Hangnest 

 resemble eggs of /. sjmrius. They measure respectively : -75 by 

 •55 ; -73 by -53. 



2. Mexico (II. Buckley : Tristrmn Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



Icterus auduboni, Giniud. 



Icterus melanocephalup, var, audubonij Baird, Brewer Si Ridgw. K. 



Amer. Birds, ii. p. ]86 (1874). 

 Icterus melanocephalus, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. -375 (1886) [part.] ; 



Sale. S( Oodm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 468 (1887) [part.]. 

 Icterus auduboni, Sennctt, Bull. U.S. Geol. Oeogr. Svrv. Terr. v. p. 399 



(1879) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p, 469, pi. vi. 



figs. 2-3-27 (1895) ; Shwpe, Hand-l. v. p. 501 (1909) ; XeJir!;. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 345 (1910). 

 Icterus melanocephalus auduboni, Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. 



ii. p. 282 (1902). 



An egg of Audubon's Hangnest is of a regular oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. It is -white, somewhat thickly speckled all over 

 with pale chestmit-brown and lavender. It measures -9 by •67. 



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



Icterus cucuUatus, Swains. 



Icterus cucuUatus, Bciird, Brewer (§'• Ridgw. K. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 193 



(1874) [part.]; Set. Cat. Birds B. M. xi. p. 376 (1886) [part.]; 



Salv. Sf Oodm. Biol, Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 471 (1887) [part.] ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 501 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. \i. 345 



(1910). 

 Icterus cucuUatus cucuUatus, Ridgw. Birds Nprth §■ Middle Amer. ii. 



p. 287 (1902), 



Two sets of eggs of the Hooded Hangnest are of a pointed oval 

 form and almost devoid of gloss. They are of two types : two 

 examples are plain white, while the remainder have the ground- 

 colour pinldsh-white or greyish-white, marked with twisted lines 

 and blotches of deep chocolate-brown and lilac-grey, much as in 

 I. baUimore and /. hullocki. They vary from ^94 to I'OS in length, 

 and from 'SS to -QS in breadth. 



1. North America {Nehrkqrn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Tepic, W. Blexico, 5th Juue ( IF. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. Richardson). 



5, Tepic, 8th June (TF, 5. i?.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Icterus sennetti, Ridgw. 



Icterus cucuUatus, Sennett {nee Swains.), Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. 

 Terr. v. p. 398 (1879) ; Bcmdire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 474, pi. vi. figs. 30-32 (1895). ' 



