BRACHYSPIZA. — MELOSriZA. 277 



Clutch with 3 eggs of the Cow-bird 

 (Moloihrus bonariensis). 



1. Buenos Ayres. W. II. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 



Brachyspiza strigiceps (Gould). 



Zonotrichia strigiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 608 (1888) ; 



Scl. Sr Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888). 

 Brachyspiza strigiceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 310 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of the Stripe-headed Song-Sparrow is 

 similar to those of B. pileata. It measures "76 by '6. 



1. [Argentina.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MELOSPIZA, Baird. 

 Melospiza melodia ( Wihon). 



Fringilla melodia, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. p. 895, tab. xixiv. 



tig. 4, a, 6 (1845-54). 

 Melospiza melodia, Baird, Brewer Sc Eidgio. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 19 



([H7i); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 310 (1901)). 

 Melospiza fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p 701 (1888) [part.] ; 



Thompson, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 604 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml.^.in (IQQQ). 

 Melo:-piza cinerea melodia, Ridgiv. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 354 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Song-Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. The ground-colour is greenish-whito, or very 

 pale greenish-blue, spotted and blotched with rather bright brick- 

 red or purplish-red and lilac-grey. The markings are generally 

 confluent at the broad end, but on the remainder of the shell they 

 are distinct and well-defined. Specimens measure from '7 to '85 

 in length, and from "59 to -65 in breadth. 



2. North America (/. J. Audubon: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



21. North America (Henshaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. North America [Smiths. Init.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. North America (//. Buckleg : Crowley Bequest. 

 [ Tristram Coll.). 



I 1. North America. Old Collection. 



I 3. New York (D. G. Elliot : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 I tram Coll.). 



! 4. Newbury, New Hampshire, 19th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 1 May (G. E. Gilman). [P.]. 



I 2. Massachusetts (T. M. Breiver). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Princeton, New Jersey, 15th Princeton University, N.J. 



May ( W. E. D. Scott). [E.]. 



3. Princeton, 16th May ( JV. E. Princeton University, N.J. 



B. &'.). [E.]. 



2. Princeton, 16th May ( TV. E. Princeton University, N.J. 

 ■ D.S.). [E.]. _ _ 



4. Princeton, 5th June ( If. E. Princeton University, N.J. 



n. s.). [E.]. 



