MELOSPIZA. 279 



Melospiza samuelis (Baird). 



Melospiza samucHs, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 705 (1888) [part.] ; 



KeArk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l.v. p. 3l2 



(1909). 

 Melospiza cinerea samuelis, Bidyio. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 



p. ;J(J9 (1901). 



Eggs of Samuels' Song-Sparrow are similar to those of M. melodia. 

 They measure from '78 to '8 in length, and from "58 to "6 in 

 breadth. 



2. San Francisco, California, 14th H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



April (/. Hepburn). 



4. Oakland, California, 5th April W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



{T. Lilieytcrantz). [P.]. 



4. Los Angeles, California, 16th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



.Tune. [P.]. 



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Melospiza lincolni {Auduh.). 



Fringilla lincolni, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Tog. p. 394, tab. xxxiv. 



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

 Melospiza lincolni, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 282 ; id. Canad. Nat. 



vii. p. 147 (1862); Baird, Brewer 4' Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, li. 



p. 31 (1874) ; Bagg, Btdl. Nutt. Orn. C. vi p. 246 (1881) ; Salv. ^• 



Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 386 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 698 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eieisamml. p. 116 



(1899); Ridqiv. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. i. p. 379 (1901); 



Sharpe, Han'd-l. \. p. 313 (1909). 



The eggs of Lincoln's Sparrow are of a regular oval shape and 

 possess a small amount of gloss. Thej' are greyish-white, thickly 

 blotched with dull brick-red and underlying lavender-grey. The 

 blotches are densest on the broad end. where they become confluent 

 and form an irregular zone or cap. The eggs measure from "67 to 

 •8 in length, and from '56 to "B in breadth. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



2. North America {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



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



2. North America. Old Collection. 



13. Fort Simpson, Brit. N. America. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



Melospiza georgiana {Lath.). 



Fringilla georgiana, Thien. Fortpjianz. ges. Viig. p. 390, tab. xxxiv. 



tig. 7, a, b (1845-64). 

 Melospiza palustris, Baird, Brewer ^- Ridgw, N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 34 



(1874). 

 Melospiza georgiana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 697 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. 



i. p. 382 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 313 (1909). 



Eggs of the Swamp-Sparrow vary from a broad oval to a narrow 



