AITHtraUS. OBEOTKOCHILUS. OEEOPTEA/ 89 



Two eggs of the White-throated Humming-bird measure r&- 

 speotively ■- -62 by -36 ; -63 by -38. 



2. Iguap^, Brazil, 3rd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus AITHUEUS, Cab. ^ Heine. 



Aithurus polytmus (Linn.). 



Trochilus polytmus, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 97 (1847) ; Gould, Mon. 



TrocA. ii.pl. 98(1857). 

 Aithurus polytmus, Salv. Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 64 (1892) ; Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 162 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 120 (1900). 



The eggs of the Black-capped Humming-bird in the Collection 

 measure respectively : '51 by '36 ; "54 by •32. 



1. [Jamaiea.] Crowley Bequest. 



1. St. Thomas, Jamaica, 2nd July Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. B. Taylor). 



Genus OEEOTEOCHILUS, OouU. 

 Oreotrochihis leucopleurus, Oould. 



Oreotrochilus leucopleurus, Gould, Mon. Troch. ii. pi. 71 (1849) ; Scl. S,- 

 Huds. Argent. Orn. ^ii. p. 1 (1889) ; Salv. Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. 

 p. 336 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 121 (1900). 



An egg of the White-sided Hill-Star measures '66 by "39. 



1. Puenta del Inca, Andes of Chile E. A. Fitzgerald, Esq. [P.]. 



(P. H. Gosse, Junior). 



Genus OREOPYRA, QouU. 



Oreopyra leucaspis, Oould. 



Oreopyra leucaspis, Govld, Mon. Troch. iv. pi. 264 (1861) ; Salv. Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xvi. p. 306 (1892) ; id. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Avier., 

 Aves, ii. p. 832 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 153 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 123 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-throated Oreopyra in the Collection 

 measure respectively ■- '57 by -38 ; "53 by "35. 



2. Chiriqui, Panama {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Oreopyra calolaema, Salvin. 



Oreopyra calolsema, Sharpe in GouWs Mon. Troch., Suppl. pi. 6 (1885) ; 

 Salv. Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 807 (1892) ; id. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.- 

 Amer., Aves, ii. p. 383 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 123 (1900). 



Two eggs of the Purple-throated Oreopyra measure respectively : 

 ■58 by -4; -6 by -4. 



2. Azahar de Cartago, Costa Eica, Crowley Bequest. 

 28th Dec. {C.F. Undmnoood). 



