RHYNCHOPHANES.—CALAMOSPIZA, 259 
Short Creek, 10th June(G. M. D.). N. Amer. Boundary Comm, 
Short Creek, 10th June (G@. M.D.). N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 
South Dakota, U.S.A., 18th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.]. 
robs 
Genus RHYNCHOPHANES, Baird. 
Rhynchophanes maccowni (Lawr.). 
(Plate XII. fig. 3.) 
Mit maccowni, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 
p- 523 (1874). 
Rhyncophanes maccowni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 589 (1888) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eier samml. p- 114 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North § Middle 
Amer, i. p. 165 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 288 (1909). 
Two eggs of Maccown’s Bunting are elliptical in shape, and 
have a considerable amount of gloss. They are pale creamy- or 
brownish-buff, very indistinctly mottled with pale lavender and 
grey, and marked with some specks, scratches, scrawls and fine 
lines of umber-brown. They measure respectively: °81 by °59 ; 
*82 by °59. 
2. Traders’ Road, 49th Parallel N, Amer. Boundary Comm. 
(G. M. Dawson). 
Genus CALAMOSPIZA, Bonap. 
Calamospiza melanocorys, Sten. 
Calamospiza bicolor, Baird, Brewer § Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 61 
(1874) ; Cowes, Birds N.- West, p. 165 (1874); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
B. M. xii. p. 593 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eersammi. p- 114 (1899). 
Calamospiza melanocorys, Redgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 168 
(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 288 (1909). 
The eggs of the American Lark-Bunting are of a very broad oval 
shape and frequently spheroidal. They are very smooth, glossy, 
and of a pale blue colour. Many eggs are uniform, others are 
spotted with light rufous at the broad end. They measure from 
‘79 to *9 in length, and from .62 to -7 in breadth. 
4. Near Souris, 49th Parallel, 13th N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 
June (G. M. Dawson). 
2. A9th Parallel (G. M. D.). N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 
4, 49th Parallel (@. M. D.: Hen- Salvin-Godman Coll. 
shaw Coll.). 
1. Dane Co., Wisconsin (7ristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
1. Denver, Colorado, 10th June. W. Radcliffe. Saunders, Esq. 
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