22 EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH: AMERICAN BIRDS. 
234. Lincoln’s Finch—MELOSPIZA LINCOLNI. Greenish-white, more or 
less thickly spotted and blotched with different shades of reddish-brown, 
often so numerous and confluent as to partially conceal the ground; .74 — 
by .56. Nests on the ground. Breeds from Wisconsin and Northern 4 
New York, northward. ot SINGUR 
235. Fox-colored Sparrow—PASSERELLA ILIACA. Light bluish-white, 
thickly spotted with a rusty-brown, often so fully as to conceal the ground, 
oblong; four or five; .92 by .70. Nests in low bushes or on the ground. ~ 
E. NeSAS a 
235c. Slate-colored Sparrow—PASSERELLA ILIACA SCHISTACEA. Light ~ 
green, blotched and marked chiefly at the larger end with golden-brown i 
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spots; four; .80 by .67. Nests in bushes and small trees. J 
Middle regionof U.S. 
237. Chewink; Towhee—PiPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. White, thickly 
spotted and blotched with light ashy and reddish-brown, rounded oval; 
four to six; .98 by .79. Nests on the ground in a depression, rarely in 
trees and bushes. fh. Uses 
238. Northern Towhee — PIPILO MACULATUS ARCTICUS. White, so ~ = 
thickly covered with fine dots of umber-brown, intermingled with paler 
markings of lavender and neutral tints that the ground is hardly dis- 
tinguishable, oval; 1. by .70. — Nesting habits similar to those of the 
preceding species. High Central Plains of Upper Missouri, Yellowstone and Platte. aD 
238a. Spurred Towhee —pipILo MACULATUS MEGALONYX. Greenish- 
white, speckled with reddish-brown; four or five; 1. by .70. Nesting 
habits similar to those of the preceding species. Southern Coast of Cal. 
2380. Oregon Towhee—PiPILO MACULATUS OREGONUS. Greenish-white, 
very generally and profusely dotted and spotted with fine markings of z 
reddish and ‘purplish-brown. More rounded-oval than eggs of this genus — 
generally are; .95 by .80. Nests on the ground or in bushes. <r 
Coast of Oregon and Washingtom Ter. ; 
239. Green-tailed Towhee—pipiLo CHLORURUS. White, with a bluish © 
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tint, profusely dotted with pinkish-drab, sometimes so thickly distributed _ 
as to give the egg the appearance of a uniform color, or as an unspotted - 
pinkish-drab, and again more sparsely diffused, nearly oval. Nests on the 
ground and in bushes. Middle Province, U. § 
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240, Canon Towhce—pirILo FUSCUS MESOLECUS. Similar to those ane 
the California Brown Towhee. Nesting habits also similar. 
Valley of Upper Rio Grande. 
