BRACHYSPIZA.—MELOSPIZA. 201 
Clutch with 3 eggs of the Cow-bird 
(Molothrus bonariensis). 
1. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 
Brachyspiza strigiceps (Gould). 
Zonotrichia strigiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 608 (1888) ; 
Sel. §& Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888). 
Brachyspiza strigiceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 810 (1909). 
An egg said to be that of the Stripe-headed Song-Sparrow is 
similar to those of B. pileata. It measures ‘76 by 6. 
1. [Argentina.] Crowley Bequest. 
Genus MELOSPIZA, Baird. 
Melospiza melodia ( Wilson). 
Fringilla melodia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vég. p. 395, tab. xxxiy. 
tig. 4, a, b (1845-54). 
Melospiza melodia, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 19 
(1874); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p..310 (1900). 
Melospiza fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. xii. p. 701 (1888) [part.]; 
Thompson, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 604 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. 
Eversammil. p. 117 (1899). 
Melospiza cinerea melodia, Ridgw. Birds North §& Middle Amer. i. p. 354 
(1901). 
The eggs of the Song-Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 
moderately glossy. The ground-colour is greenish-white, or very 
pale greenish-blue, spotted and blotched with rather bright brick- 
red or purplish-red and lilac-grey. The markings are generally 
confluent at the broad end, but on the remainder of the shell they 
are distinct and well-defined. Specimens measure from °7 to *85 
in length, and from °59 to °65 in breadth. 
2. North America (J. J. Audubon: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
21. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
8. North America (H. Buckley: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
1. North America. Old Collection. 
38. New York (D. G. Eliot: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
4, Newbury, New Hampshire, 19th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
May (G. FE. Gilman). fee 
2. Massachusetts (7. M. Brewer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3. Princeton, New Jersey, 15th Princeton University, N.J. 
May (W. £. D. Scott). [E.]. 
8. Princeton, 16th May (W. E£. Princeton University, N.J. 
POS.) [ E.1. 
2. Princeton, 16th May (W. E. Princeton University, N.J. 
DS). (E.]. 
4. Princeton, 5th June (W. E£. Princeton University, NJ. 
D. S.). [E.]. 
