ZOXOTElCniA.^BRACHYSPIZA. 275 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel). 



Zonotrirhia albicollis, Baird, Brewer Sf Ri'lc/io. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 674 

 (1874); Coues, Birds N.-West, p. lol (1874); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 598 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. t;,. 114 (1899); 

 Ridi/w. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 343 (1901); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 309 (1909). 



The esgs of the White-throated Sparrow resemble those of 

 Z. leucophrijs. They measure from '75 to '85 in length, and from 

 •6 to "63 in breadth. 



4. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



2. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



1. North America {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. North America {J. J. Audtibon : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Charlottetown, Prince Edward I., Crowley Bequest. 



New Brunswick, 7th June. 



1. North Conwaj', New Hampshire, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



30th Mny. [P.]. 



4. East Wallingford, Vermont, 3rd W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



June ( Wyatt Kent). [P.]. 



Genus BRACHYSPIZA, Ri,hjw. 

 Brachyspiza pileata (Bodd.). 



Emberiza matutiua, d'Orbiyny, Voy. dans fAmer. Merid. iv. pi. 47. 



fig-. 3 (1835-44). 

 Fringilla matutina, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voy. p. 397, tab. xxxiv. 



figs. 10, a, h (1845-54). 

 Zonotrichia pileata, Sol. ^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 18; iid., P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. 507 ; Balyleish, Proc. R. Phi/s. Soc. Edinb. vi. p. 246 (1880-1) ; 



Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 370 (1886) ; Scl. 8f 



Huds. Aryent. Orn. i. p. 58 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. Q\6 (1888) ; Jatnes, New List Chiliati Birds, p. 2 (1892) ; 



Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 197; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 169; Lam, Ibis, 



1897, p. 20; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 114 (1899); Gosse, in 



FitzyerakVs Highest Andes, App. C, p. 348 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, 



V. p. 309 (1909). 

 Zonotrichia capen^is, Euler, Rev. Mus. PauUsta, iv. p. 27 (1900) ; 



Iheriny, Rev. Mus. PauUsta, iv. p. 214 (1900). 

 Brachyspiza capensis peru\iana, Ridyw. Birds North Sf Middle Ajner. i. 



p. 347 (1901). 



The eggs of the Chingolo Song-Sparrow resemble those laid by 

 the species of the genus Zonotrichia. The ground-colour varies from 

 bluish- or greenish-white to a pale blue. The markings are dull 

 brick-red and vary considerably. Some eggs are only very faintly 

 speckled, while others are thickly covered with spots and blotches 

 which cover more than half the shell, and between these two types 

 there are numerous intermediate forms. Many specimens are fairly 

 evenly marked all over, others have the markings more thickly 

 disposed at the broad end, where they form a zone or cap. Many 

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