266 FRINGILLID ®. 
The eggs of Cassin’s Sparrow are of a regular oval form, 
moderately glossy, and plain white. They measure from 68 to “79 
in length, and from °54 to ‘6 in breadth. 
3. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. North America, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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3. Texas, April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 
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Genus AMPHISPIZA, Cowes. 
Amphispiza bilineata (Cassin). 
Poospiza bilineata, Heermann, Rep. Pacif. R. R. Surv. x. pt. iv. p. 14 
(1859) [part.; San Antonio, Texas]; Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. 
Amer. Birds, i. p. 590 (1874) [part. }. 
Amphispiza bilineata, Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 1. p. 367 
(1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 628 (1888) [part.]: ad. 
Hand-l, v. p. 800 (1909). 
Amphispiza bilineata bilineata, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. 
p- 263 (1901). 
Three eggs of the Black-throated Sparrow are of a regular oval 
shape, very glossy, and plain white. They measure from -65 to “73 
in length, and from °52 to °55 in breadth. 
1. Rio Madeira, Texas (A. LZ. Heer- Crowley Bequest. 
mann: Tristram Coll.) 
3. Rockport, Texas, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Amphispiza deserticola, Ridgw. 
Poospiza bilineata, Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler's Surv. v. p. 274 (1875). 
Amphispiza bilineata deserticola, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. 
p. 265 (1901). 
Amphispiza deserticola, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 300 (1909). 
Three eggs of the Desert Sparrow are of a rather broad oval 
form, distinctly glossy, and plain bluish-white. They measure 
respectively : *7 by 58; °71 by °57; °71 by °57. 
3. Arizona (H. W. Henshaw). Salvin-Godman Cell, 
Amphispiza belli (Cassin). 
(Plate XII. fig. 17.) 
Amphispiza belli, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 629 (1888) ; cd. 
Hand-l. v. p. 800 (1909). 
Amphispiza belli belli, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. p. 267 
(1901). 
Four eggs of Bell’s Sparrow are of a regular oval shape and 
