268 FRINGILLID&, 
Genus JUNCO, Wagler. 
Junco hyemalis (Linn.). 
(Plate XII. fig. 13.) 
Junco hyemalis, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 1. p. 580 
(1874) ; Cones, Birds N.-W est, p. 141 (1874) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 803 (1909). 
Junco hiemalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 647 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. 
al p- 115 (1899). 
Junco hyemalis hyemalis, Ridyw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 278 
(1901). 
Eggs of the Snow-bird or Slate-coloured Junco are of a regular 
oval shape and have a fair amount of gloss. They are creamy- 
white, mottled and blotched with pale reddish-brown and lilac-grey. 
The markings are often confluent at the broad end of the egg and 
form acap. One example in the Collection is mottled entirely 
with faint lavender-grey. ‘They measure from -7 to ‘8 in length, 
and from °56 to °6 in breadth. 
4, North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pal 
2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). ee Coll, 
1. North America (Henshaw Coll.) Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake (S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Jones: Henshaw Coll.). 
2. Musquash, New Brunswick, 6th Crowley Bequest. 
May (A. Dunn: Tristram 

Coll.). 
3. Musquash, 12th May (4. R. Crowley Bequest. 
Dresser). 
4. Grand Manan L., Bay of Fundy, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Nova Scotia, 7th June (S. F. Pal. 
Cheney). 
Junco oregonus (Z'ownsend). 
Junco oregonus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 650 (1888); Nehrk. 
Kat. Lersammil. p. 115 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 803 (1909). 
Junco eae oreganus, Ridgw. Birds North §& Middle Amer. 1. p. 283 
(1901). 
Five eggs received in the Crowley Bequest and believed to be 
those of the Oregon Junco, vary greatly both in size and markings. 
Two resemble those of J. hyemalis, being white, spotted and blotched 
with light red and lilac, chiefly about the broad end. They measure 
respectively -74 by ‘57 and °76 by °6. A third egg is similar in 
colour, but much smaller, -71 by °53. Two eggs from Fort 
Resolution are pale greenish-white, thickly and evenly spotted all 
over with brown and lilac-grey. They measure respectively °8 by 
‘O09 and °75 by ‘6. 
No description of the eggs of this species appears to have been 
published. It seems doubtful if the eggs from Fort Resolution 
