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1. St. Croix, 18th June (A. Sr E. N.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. St. Croix, 2ud July (A. |- U. N.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. St. Croix (A. ^ E. N.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Cuha, (Ti-istram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Grenada, W. Indies (J. G. Wells). Crowley Bequest. 



1. British Guiana. W. Radolifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Brazil. Old Collection. 



1. Iguape, Brazil, Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris, Swains. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 753 ; Shellei/, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 432 (imV) ;- Bendire, Life-Rist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 

 p. 9, pi. i. fig. 7 (1895) ; Sdv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. 

 p. 545 (1898) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 173 (1899) ; Sharne, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 175 (1900). 



The eggs of the Groove-billed Ani are covered with a coat of 

 white chalky matter, through scratches in which the blue shell 

 beneath is indistinctly visible. Examples measure from 1*1 to 1*34 

 in length, and from -83 to 1-03 in breadth. 



2. Mazatlan, Mexico (A. Forrer). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Tanchico, Mexico, May {Field Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. , Yucatan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Costa Rica, 9th May. C. F. Underwood, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus GUIKA, Less. 

 Guira guira (Gm.). 

 (Plate II. fig. 12.) 



Crotophaga guira, Thieit. Fortjjfianz. ges. V'og. p. 91, tab. xv. fig. 11 



(1845-54) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 173 (1899). 

 Guira piririgua, Dcdgleish, Pron. R. Phys. Sac. Edinb. viii. p. 87 (1883-5) ; 



X. p. 82 (1888-90) ; Sal. 8f Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 32 (1889) ; 



Solland, Ibis, 1892, p. 202 ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 191. 

 Guira guira, Shdley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 483 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. ii. p. 175 (1900) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mas. Paulista, iv. p. 263 



(1900). 



The eggs of the Guira Cuckoo are of a deep blue colour covered 

 with a delicate tracery or irregular network oi: blotches and lines 

 of white chalky matter of varying thickness. They measure from 

 1-45 to 1'6 in length, and from 1*12 to 1-24 in breadth. Ocoa- 

 sionally a specimen is entirely devoid of chalky matter. 



4 S America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1 Uruguay. A. R. MacKinnon, Esq. [P.] . 



3.' Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Uruguay. ' Crowley Bequest. 



1. Argentine Republic. R. Lydekker, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



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