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author's oological collection) were probably a second setting, 

 the ragged appearance of the female's plumage indicating 

 previous cares. In color the eggs are a pale greenish white, 

 marked with fine dots of reddish brown clustered around 

 the larger end. They measure 19.5x15; 20x15.5; 20x16 

 millimeters. 



MEASUREMENTS OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED. 



No. 2375. —Testes large; length, 155 mm.; extent, 223 mm. 



No. 2385.— Length, 162 mm.; extent, 230 mm. 



No. 2431.— Testes very large; mate of No. 24.32. 



No. 2458.— Teses very large. 



No. 2432. — Setting; mate of No. 2431; parents of nest No. 797. 



19. Melospiza lincolni. 



Lincoln's Sparrow. — The small cypress grove, on the 

 border of which I had my permanent camp, was my favor- 

 ite ground for observation and furnished me with many 

 stragglers, among which was a pair of these birds. They 

 were taken on different days from among the brush inclosing 



