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Illustration of a Mexican Cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) egg, 28.6 × 20.1 mm
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Cassiculus melanicterus

  • 28.6 × 20.1 mm
Breeds in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala

Very pale blue, sparsely marked with black (some smudged) and very faint lavender-grey, glossless.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 26 eggs: Schönwetter, M. 1960–1992. Handbuch der Oologie (ed. W. Meise), Lieferung 29–36. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin., p. 412.
Description
Ogilvie-Grant 1912 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 5); supporting: Nehrkorn 1899 (Katalog der Eiersammlung).
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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