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Sub-Family GYMNODERINiE. 



Genus PYRODERUS, Gray. 

 Pyroderns granadensis (Lafr.). 



Pyroderus granadensis, Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 398 (1838) ; Sharpe, 

 Hatid-l. iii. p. 176 (1901). 



An egg of the Colombian Fruit-Crow in the Collection resembles 

 those of Rupicola sanc/uinolenta. It measures 1'83 by 1'31. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyroderus orenocensis (Lafr.). 



Pyroderus orenocensis, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 52Q, pi. xliii. fig. 7 ; 

 iScl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 898 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 145 (1899) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 177 (1901). 



The eggs of the Orinoco Fruit-Crow are inseparable from those 

 of P. granadensis and Rupicola sanguinolenta. Two examples 

 measure respectively : 1'87 by 1-3 ; 1-8 by 1'3. 



2. Frontino, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salviu-Godman Coll. 



{T. K. Salmon). 



Family PHYTOTOMID.E. 



Genus PHYTOTOMA, Molina. 



Phytotoma rara, Molina. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 13.) 



Phytotoma rara, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 400 (1888) ; James, New 

 List Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 35 ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 145 (1899) ; SJucrpe, Sand-l. iii. p. 178 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chilian Plant-cutter are of a pointed oval form 

 and very glossy. They are of a greenish-blue colour, speckled and 

 spotted, chiefly at the broad end, with very dark chocolate-brown 

 or black, and occasionally with lilac also. They measure from -95 

 to 1'12 in length, and from -7 to -76 in breadth. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 

 1. Child {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Rio Bueno, Valdi via, Chile, 2oth Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



