262 FRINQlLLlDiE. 



Pocecetes confinis, Baird. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 7.) 



Pocecetes gramineus, var. confinis, Hensh. Rep. Wheeler's S'ltrv. v. p. 256 



(1875). 

 PocBcetes gramineus, Coues (nee Gmel.), Bull. U. S. Geol. Sf Geogr. Surv. 



Terr. iv. p. 589 (1878). 

 Pocecetes confinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 672 (1888); id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 

 Pocecetes gramineus confinis, Ridyw. Birds Middle S,- North Amer. i. 



p. 184 (1901). 



Eggs of the Western Vesper Sparrow are indistinguishable from 

 those of P. gramineus. Thej- measure from -76 to "84 in length, and 

 from '57 to "63 in breadth. 



4. Larimore, Washington, D.C., IBlh Crowley Bequest. 



July. 

 4. Olvmpia, Washington, 23rd May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



\F. W. Andres). [P.]. 



3. Olvmpia, 23rd May {F. W. A.). W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus PASSERCULUS, Bonap. 

 Passerculus princeps, Maynard. 



(Plate XII. fig. 6.) 



Passerculus princeps, Baird, Brewer S^ Bidqic. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 540 

 (1874) ; KS/uirpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 679 (1888) ; Ridgiv. Birds 

 North 8) Middle Amer. i. p. 189 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 290 

 ri909). 



Two eggs of the Ipswich Sparrow are of a rather broad and 

 pointed oval form, almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale creamy-white, spotted and blotched all over with brown or 

 dull reddish-brown, and sparingly with lavender-grey. They 

 measure respectively '78 bj' "58 and '78 by "57. 



2. Grand Manan T., Bay of Fundy, Crowley Bequest, 

 Nova Scotia ( '/. M. Brewer : 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Passerculus savanna ( Wilsoji). 



Passerculus savanna, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridqiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 533 



(1874) ; Cones, Birds N.- West, p. 127 (1874) [part.] ; id. Bull. U. S. 



Geol. 4" Geoqr. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 588 (1878) ; &harpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 290 (1909"). _ 

 Passerculus sandwicbensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 674 (1888) 



[part.] ; Nehrli. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899). 

 Passerculus sandwicbensis savanna, Ridyw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. 



i. p. 192 (1909). 



The eggs of the Savanna Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and 



