260 FRINGILLID®. 
Genus SPIZA, Bonap. 
Spiza americana (('mel.). 
Euspiza americana, Baird, Brewer 5 Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 65 
(1874); Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 164 (1874). 
Spiza americana, Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 416 
(1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 770 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eiersammil. p. 118 (1899): Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 1. 
p. 171 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 238 (1909). 
Eggs of the Black-throated Bunting appear to be very variable in 
shape. One specimen in the Collection is almost spherical, another 
is nearly a perfect ellipse, and a third is a narrow pointed oval. 
The eggs are glossy and of a plain bluish-green colour. They 
measure from ‘79 to ‘82 in length, and from ‘6 to °64 in breadth. 
1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Heer- Salvin-Godman Coll. 
mann). 
2. San Antonio (Dr. Heermann: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coill.). 
5. Cook Co., Dlinois, 6th Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
BES |p 
Genus CHONDESTES, Swains. 
Chondestes grammacus (Say). 
Chondestes grammaca, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 
p- 562 (1874) [part.}. 
Chondestes grammica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 591 (1888); 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 114 (1899). 
Chondestes grammacus grammacus, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. 
i. p. 176 (1901). 
Chondestes grammacus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 
The eggs of the Lark-Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 
highly glossy. They are white, or very pale creamy-white, marked, 
almost entirely at the broad end, with spots, blotches, scratches and 
hair-lines of deep purplish-brown or black and some faint clouds 
and spots of lavender-grey. They measure from °75 to °82 in 
length, and from ‘6 to °66 in breadth. 
4. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
BAIR 
Chondestes strigatus (Swazns.). 
(Plate XII. fig. 9.) 
Chondestes grammacus strigatus, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. 
p- 178 (1901). 
Chondestes strigatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 289 (1909). 
