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and moderately glossy. They are greyish- or greenish -white, more 

 or less densely mottled and freckled with various shades of reddish- 

 lirown and some underlying lavender-grey. They measure from -72 

 to '79 in length and from '53 to '6 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America {Henshaiv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Salt Marshes, New Jersey Crowley Bequest. 



( Tristram Coll.). 



Genus MYIOSPIZA, Ridijw. 



Myiospiza peruana (Bonap.). 



Coturnicidus peruanus, Scl. i.^- Huds. Argeyit. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888) ; 



Holland, Ibis, 1893, p. 484. 

 Ammodromus peruanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 693 (1888). 

 Myiospiza peruana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 295 (1909). 



The eggs of the Yellow-shouldered Sparrow are of a rather 

 narrow pointed oval shape and exhibit a considerable amount of 

 gloss. They are plain white. Four examples measure respectively: 

 •bl by -58 ; -82 by -55 ; -85 by -56 ; -77 by -55. 



4. Argentina, Oct. A. 11. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus PLAGIOSPIZA, Ridgw. 



Plagiospiza superciliosa (Swains.). 



(Plate XII. figs. 21, 22.) 



Ilremophila superciliosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 722 (1888). 

 Plagiospiza superciliosa, Bidyiv. Birds North i^- Middle Amer. i. p. 229 

 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 295 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Striped Sparrow are of a rather broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 white, with dots, spots, and small blotches of light red, dark 

 reddish-brown and lilac-grey, scattered over the entire shell, but 

 most numerous about the larger end. They measure respectively 

 •95 by 68 and -92 by -67. 



2. Durango, Mexico, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus H^ffiMOPHILA, Swains. 



Hsemopbila cassini ( Woodlwuse). 



Peucfea cassini, Buird, Brewer S,- Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i, p. 42 

 (1874) ; Merrill, P. U. S. JS'at. Mas. i. p. 128 (1878) ; S/iarpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xii. p. 712 (1888); Saluin 4- Godman, Biol Ctntr.- 

 Amer., Aves, i. p. 391 (1886). 



Aimopliila cassini, liidyw. Birds A'orfh &■ Middle Amer. i. p. 253 (1901). 



llaeuiophila cassini, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 298 (1909). 



