282 FRINGILLID®. 
white, densely speckled with brick-red or purplish-red and lavender- 
grey, the markings being sometimes evenly distributed over the 
entire shell, but more often concentrated towards the larger end, 
where they form an irregular cap or zone. They measure from *7 — 
to ‘84 in length, and from °55 to °58 in breadth. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
5. Texas, June (D. Ogden). H. E. Dresser, Esq. vat 
5. Texas, 8th June. Captain Savile G. Reid [ P.]. 
4. Texas, 26th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
PI 
2. San Antonio, Texas (D.G. Elliot: oe Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. San Antonio (H. £. Dresser: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. San Antonio (A. L. Heermann: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.), 
3. San Antonio, June (H. EZ. D.). H. E. Dresser, Esq. [ E.]. 
Genus OREOSPIZA, Ridgw. 
Oreospiza chlorura (Townsend). 
Pipilo chlorurus, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 131 
(1874); Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 177 (1874); Henshaw, Rep. Orn. 
Wheeler's Surv. v. Zool. p. 807 (1875) ; Bendire, P. Bost. Soc. N. H. 
1877. p. 121. 
Atlapetes chlorurus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 738 (1888) ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. p. 118 (1899). 
Oreospiza chlorura, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 400 
(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 316 (1909). 
Four eggs of the Green-tailed Towhee are of a blunt oval form, 
approaching the elliptical, and slightly glossy. They are white, 
very minutely mottled all over with light reddish-brown, the 
markings being very uniform over the whole surface of the egg. 
At the broad end there are occasionally a few very minute darker 
specks. Four examples measure respectively : -87 by *68; ‘9 by 
*68 5 87 by <67 5 <8 by “66. 
1. California (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Honey Lake, California, 17th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(1. W. Henshaw). 
Genus PIPILO, Vieill. 
Pipilo megalonyx, Baird. 
Pipilo maculatus, var. megalonyx, Baird, Brewer § Ridgw. N. Amer. 
Birds, ii. p. 118 (1874). 
Pipilo megalonyx, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 748 (1888) ; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eversamml. p. 118 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 318 (1909). 
Pipilo maculatus megalonyx, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. 
p. 415 (1901). 
Four eggs of the Spurred Towhee are of a regular oval shape and 
