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and moderately glossy. They are greyish- or greenish-white, more 
or less densely mottled and freckled with various shades of reddish- 
brown and some underlying lavender-grey. They measure from *72 
to ‘79 in length and from °53 to °6 in breadth. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. Salt Marshes, New Jersey Crowley Bequest. 
(Tristram Coll.). 
Genus MYIOSPIZA, Ridgw. 
Myiospiza peruana (Bonap.). 
Coturniculus peruanus, Sel. § Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888); 
Holland, Ibis, 1893, p. 484. 
Ammodromus peruanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 693 (1888). 
Myiospiza peruana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 295 (1909). 
The eggs of the Yellow-shouldered Sparrow are of a rather 
narrow pointed oval shape and exhibit a considerable amount of 
gloss, They are plain white. Four examples measure respectively : 
81 by 58; -82 by 55; °85 by °56; °77 by °55. 
4, Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 
Genus PLAGIOSPIZA, Ridqgu. 
Plagiospiza superciliosa (Swazns.). 
(Plate XII. figs. 21, 22. 
Hemophila superciliosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 722 (1888). 
Plagiospiza superciliosa, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer, i. p. 229 
(1901): Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 295 (1909). 
Two eggs of the Striped Sparrow are of a rather broad, somewhat 
pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is 
white, with dots, spots, and small blotches of light red, dark 
reddish-brown and lilac-grey, scattered over the entire shell, but 
most numerous about the larger end. They measure respectively 
‘95 by “68 and -92 by °67. 
2. Durango, Mexico, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus HAMOPHILA, Swains. 
Hemophila cassini ( Woodhouse). 
Peucea cassini, Baird, Brewer §& Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i, p. 42 
(1874); Merrill, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 128 (1878); Sharpe, Cat. 
Buds B. M. xii. p. 712 (1888); Salvin § Godman, Biol. Centr.- 
Amer, Aves, i. p. 391 (1886). 
Aimophila cassini, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer, i. p. 253 (1901). 
Hemophila cassini, Sharpe, Hand-l. y, p. 298 (1909). 
