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Show 542 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [June 3, 409. POLYBORUS CHERIWAY (Jacquin.) ; Sharpe, Cat. i. p. 33. Rio Negro. (Mus. S.-G.) Eggs (no. 144) thickly freckled with red spots, and blotched at the larger or smaller end with patches of several darker shades of the same colour: axis 2*3, diam. 1*83. " The only nest I obtained was made of a mass of sticks, and placed in a large tree about 50 feet from the ground."-T. K. S. " Builds under an overhanging stone among the rocks, and lays two white eggs, very thickly spotted. It may choose other situations, as I have only known one nest."-T. K. S. 410. CATHARTES AURA (Linn.). In the seventh collection. Eggs creamy-white, spotted with evenly distributed small spots of several shades of red-brown : axis 2*75, diam. 1*9. (Mus. Brit.) 411. CATHARTES ATRATUS (Bartr.). Eggs (no. 141) white, sparingly marked with rather large spots of several shades of red-brown and lilac: axis 3'95, diam. 2. " Builds a nest of a few sticks on the ground or under shelter of rocks."-T. K. S. 412. GYPAGUS PAPA (Linn.). Several specimens. STEGANOPODES. 413. PLOTUS ANHINGA, Linn. HERODIONES. 414. ARDEA CANDIDISSIMA (Gm.). Cauca. 415. BUTORIDES VIRESCENS (Linn.). Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 416. BUTORIDES CYANURUS (Vieill.). Remedios, Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris yellow. Egg (no. 109) pale greenish white: axis 1*4, diam. l'l. (Mus. S.-G.) 417. TIGRISOMA SALMONI, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 38. Cauca and Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 418. NYCTICORAX GARDENI (Gm.). Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) 419. CANCROMA COCHLEARIA, Linn. Remedios. Iris yellow. |