264 PEINGILLIT)^. 



Eggs of the Grasshopper-Sparrow are of a very rounded oval 

 6hai)e and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light red and deep lavender- 

 grey, the markings often forming a zone or cap. They measure 

 from 65 to '73 in length, and from "53 to -6 in breadth. 



1. North America (HensJunc Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. North America (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Winnebago. Minnesota, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 



(H. W.Tulman: Ti-istramColl.). 



4. Winnebago, 2ud June. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Illinois, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus AMMODEOMUS, Swains. 



Ammodromiis maritimus {Wilson). 



(Plate XII. figs. 18, 23.) 



Ammodromus maritimus, Baird, Breicer Sf Itidqiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 560 (1874) [part.] ; Sharpe, Cat. 'Birds B. M. xii. p. 683 (1888) 



[part.] : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaviml. p. 116 (1899) ; Shaipe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 293(1909). 

 Ammodromus maritimus maritimus, Ridyw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. 



i. p. 214 (1901). 



Eggs of the Seaside Sparrow are of a blunt oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greenish-white, spotted or blotched 

 with reddish-brown and underlying grey, the markings being 

 generally concentrated about ''-he larger end. They measure from 

 •75 to '81 in length, and from "57 to -63 in breadth. 



1. North America (jSwiiV^s. /?«s<.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North Ameiica {Ife7ishatv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Massachusetts {T. 31. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. New Jersey (D. G.Blliot: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



1. Say brook, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Radeliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Ammodromus caudacutus {Gmel.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 16.) 



Ammodromus caudacutus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 557 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii! p. 685 (1888) [part.] ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899J; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 294 



(1909). 

 Ammodromus caudacutus caudacutus, Ridyw. Birds North 4" Middle 



Amer. i. p. 220 (1901). 



Seven eggs of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow are of a blunt oval form 



