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and 16.5x12.5 mm. They are white with brown markings vary- 
ing in color from a Hght hazel to a dark chestnut. In two of the 
eggs the markings consisting of small specks and dots are quite 
uniformly and thickly distributed over the entire surface of the egg; 
in the third egg of the set the markings are much fewer in number, 
average much larger in size, and are thickly massed about the larger 
end. 
T.^iNAGRA OLiVACEA OLivACEA (Desmarest). 
Euthoiiia trinitcitis Strickl., Contr. Orn. 185 1, p. 72; Berlepsch & 
Hartert. p. 17. 
Reported from Nicare, on the Caura River by Berlepsch and 
Hartert. 
Taxagr.\ violacea (Linnaeus). 
Frbigilla z'iolacea L., Syst. Xat. ed. 10. I. 1758. p. 182. 
Euphonia violacea Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 18. 
Specimens collected on the Caura River at Saupure, La Pricion 
and La Union were sent to the Tring ^Museum by Andre and by 
Klages. 
In the American Museum are Klages specimens collected on the 
Caura River at El Llagual in March, Suapnre in April, Maripa in 
May and at La Union in October. 
TAN.A.GRA MELANURA (Sclater). 
Euphonia melaniira ScL, Contr. Orn. 1851. p. 86; Berlepsch & Hartert, 
p. 18. 
Two specimens, male and female, taken at Maipures, December 
17, 1898. 
Tanagra rufiventris Vieillot. 
Ta)uiyra rufiventris VieilL, Nouv. Diet. XXXIII. 1819. p. 426. 
Euphonia rufiventris Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 18. 
Collected about Manduapo in February, 1899. Not common. 
Tanagra chrysopasta (Sclater & Salvin). 
Euphonia chrysopasta Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1869. p. 438; Berlepsch & 
Hartert. p. 18. 
This was the common form of Tanar/ra above the falls of the 
river while T. trinitatis was the common species along the middle part 
of the river 
