264 FRINGILLID &. 
Eggs of the Grasshopper-Sparrow are of a very rounded oval 
shape and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled and 
blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light red and deep lavender- 
grey, the markings often forming a zone or cap. They measure 
from ‘65 to °73 in length, and from ‘53 to °6 in breadth. 
1. North America (Henshaw Coill.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. North America (Zristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Winnebago, Minnesota, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 
(Z.W.Tolman: TristramColl.). 
4. Winnebago, 2nd June. W. a Saunders, Esq. 
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4. Illinois, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
RAI 
Genus AMMODROMUS, Swuins. 
Ammodromus maritimus (Wilson). 
(Plate XII. figs. 18, 23.) 
Ammodromus maritimus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 
p. 560 (1874) [part.}; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 683 (1888) 
[part.]; Nehrk. Kat. Liersammi. p. 116 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 298 (1909). 
Ammodromus maritimus maritimus, Ridyw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
i, p. 214 (1901). ; 
Eggs of the Seaside Sparrow are of a blunt oval shape and 
moderately glossy. They are greenish-white, spotted or blotched 
with reddish-brown and underlying grey, the markings being 
generally concentrated about ‘he larger end. They measure from 
-75 to ‘81 in length, and from °57 to °63 in breadth. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Massachusetts (7. I. Brewer : Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
4. New Jersey (D. G. Elliot: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
1, Saybrook, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(Per: 
Ammodromus caudacutus (Giel.). 
(Plate XII. fig. 16.) 
Ammodromus caudacutus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 1. 
p. 557 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 685 (1888) [part.] ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p. 116 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 294 
(1909). 
Ammodromus caudacutus caudacutus, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle 
Amer. i. p. 220 (1901). 
Seven eggs of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow are of a blunt oval form 
