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POCECETES. 261 
Eggs of the Western Lark-Sparrow are indistinguishable from 
those of C. grammacus. 
6. Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., 30th Salvin-Godman Coll. 
May (Henshaw Coll.). 
5. Poway, California, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
peal: 
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4. Poway, 26th May, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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3. San Pedro, Texas (H. £. Dresser: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
3. San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Heer- Crowley Bequest. 
mann: Tristram Coll.) 
Genus POECETES, Bair. 
Poecetes gramineus (('mel.). 
Fringilla graminea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voy. p. 889, tab. xxxiv. fig. 8, 
a, 6 (1845-54). 
Poocetes gramineus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 545 
(1874). 
Pocecetes gramineus, Cowes, Birds N.- West, p. 129 (1874); Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 670 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Erersammi. p. 116 
(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 
Pocwcetes gramineus gramineus, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
i, p. 182 (1901). 
Eggs of the Vesper Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and almost 
devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white, mottled with underlying 
lilac-grey or pinkish-brown, and sparingly marked with some 
surface-spots, lines, scratches, and small blotches of reddish-brown 
or deep purplish-brown. The markings are usually rather evenly 
distributed over the surface of the egg, but in some instances they 
form a confluent zone round the broad end. Specimens measure 
from ‘77 to ‘87 in length, and from 56 to ‘62 in breadth. 
8. North America (D. G. Elliot: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. North America (D. G. £.: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
6. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvyin-Godman Coll. 
8. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. Ohio, July (N. A. Chapman : Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Smiths. Inst.). 
4, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C. J. Princeton University, N. J. 
Pennock). eae 
2. Massachusetts (7. M. Brewer : Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
5. West Newbury, Massachusetts, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
20th May (G@. £. Gilman), Bes 
