262 FRINGILLID®. 
Poecetes confinis, Baird. 
(Plate XII. fig. 7.) 
Pocecetes gramineus, var. confinis, Hensh. Rep. Wheeler's Surv. v. p. 256 
(1875). 
Pocecetes gramineus, Coues (nec Gimel.), Bull. U. S. Geol. § Geogr. Surv. 
Terr. iv. p. 589 (1878). 
Pocecetes continis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M, xii. p. 672 (1888); 2d. 
Hand-l, v. p. 289 (1909). 
Pocecetes gramineus confinis, Ridgw. Birds Middle § North Amer. i. 
p- 184 (1901). 
Eggs of the Western Vesper Sparrow are indistinguishable from 
those of P. gramineus. They measure from °76 to ‘84 in length, and 
from °57 to ‘63 in breadth. 
4. Larimore, Washington, D.C., 18th Crowley Bequest. 
July. 
4. Olympia, Washington, 25rd May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(F. W. Andros). meals 
3. Olympia, 23rd May (F. W. A.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
wes 
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Genus PASSERCULUS, Bonap. 
Passerculus princeps, Maynard. 
(Plate XIT. fig. 6.) 
Passerculus princeps, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 540 
(1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 679 (1888) ; Ridgw. Birds 
North & Maddie Amer. i. p. 189 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 290 
(1909). 
Two eggs of the Ipswich Sparrow are of a rather broad and 
pointed oval form, almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 
pale creamy-white, spotted and blotched all over with brown or 
dull reddish-brown, and sparingly with lavender-grey. They 
measure respectively *78 by -58 and °78 by °57. 
2. Grand Manan J., Bay of Fundy, Crowley Bequest. 
Nova Seotia (7. M. Brewer : 
Tristram Coll.). 
Passerculus savanna (Wilson), 
Passerculus savanna, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 533 
(1874) ; Cowes, Birds N.- West, p. 127 (1874) [part.]; 2d. Bull. US. 
Geol. § Geogr. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 588 (1878); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. 
p. 290 (1909). 
Passerculus sandwichensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 674 (1888) 
[part.]; Nehkrk. Kat. Eiersammi. p. 116 (1899). 
Passerculus sandwichensis savanna, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
i. p. 192 (1909). 
The eggs of the Savanna Sparrow are of 2 pointed oval form and 
