?61 



Eggs of the Western Lark-Sparrow arc indistinguishable from 

 those of C. granimuctis. 



6. Laramie, Wvoniing, U.S.A., 30th 



May (Ilenshuw Coll.). 

 5. Poway, Cahfornia, 2nd May. 



4. Poway, 26tl) May. 



.'J. San Pedro, Texas (fl. E. Dresser : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. San Antonio, Texas {Dr. Heer- 



mann : Tristram Coll.). 



Salviu-(iudinan Coll. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esr[. 



[P.]. 

 W. RadcHffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowle}' B.quest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Genus POOECETES, Baird. 



Pocecetes gramineus (Gmel.). 



Fringilla graminea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 380, tab. xxxiv. fig. 8, 



a, b (1845-54). 

 Poocajtes gramineus, Baird, Breicer 8) Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 545 



(1874). 

 PocEcetes gramineus, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 129 (1874) ; Sharpe. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 070 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. ■^. 116 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 

 Pocecetes gramineus gramineus, Bidgw. Birds North S,- Middle Amer. 



i. p. 182 (1901). 



Eggs of the Vesper Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and almost 

 devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white, mottled with underlying 

 lilac-grey or pinkish-brown, and sparingly marked with some 

 surface-spots, lines, scratches, and small blotches of reddish-brown 

 or deep purplish-brown. The markings are usually rather evenly 

 distributed over the surface of the egg, but in some instances the}' 

 form a confluent zone round the broad end. S|)ecimeiis measure 

 from "77 to "87 in length, and from '56 to '62 in breadth. 



3. North America {D. G. Elliot : 



Tridram Coll.). 



2. North America {D. G. E. : Tris- 



tram Coll.). 



1 . North America. 



0. North America (Henxhaw Coll.). 



4. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



3. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



3. Ohio, July (N. A. Chapman : 



Smiths. Inst.). 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C J. 



Pennock). 



2. Massachusetts {T. M. Brewer: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 0. West Newburv, Massachusetts, 

 20th May {G. F. Gilmaii), 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Princeton Uuiversitv, N. J. 



[E,]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. RaddifTe Saunders, Esq. 



