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2. Short Creek, 10th June (6?. M . />.). N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 

 2. Short Creek, 10th June (G. M. D.}. N. Amer. Boundary Cornni. 

 1. South Dakota, U.S.A., 18th May. W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Genus RHYNCHOPHANES, Baird. 



Rhynchophanes maccowni (Lawr.). 



(Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Plectrophanes maccowni, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 523 (1874). 



Rhyncophanes maccowni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 589 (1888) ; 

 * Nehrk, Kat. Eiersamml.^. 114 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle 

 Amer. i. p. 165 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 288 (1909). 



Two eggs of Maccown's Bunting are elliptical in shape, and 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. They are pale creamy- or 

 brownish-buff, very indistinctly mottled with pale lavender and 

 grey, and marked with some specks, scratches, scrawls and fine 

 lines of umber-brown. They measure respectively : '81 by '59 ; 

 82 by -59. 



2. Traders' Road, 49th Parallel N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



(G. M. Dawson). 



Genus CALAMOSPIZA. Bonap. 

 Calamospiza melanocorys, Stejn. 



Calamospiza bicolor, Baird, Brewer fy Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 61 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 163 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 593 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 114 (1899). 



Calamospiza melanocorys, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 168 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 288 (1909). 



The eggs of the American Lark-Bunting are of a very broad oval 

 shape and frequently spheroidal. They are very smooth, glossy, 

 and of a pale blue colour. Many eggs are uniform, others are 

 spotted with light rufous at the broad end. They measure from 

 79 to -9 in length, and from .62 to '1 in breadth. 



4. Near Souris, 49th Parallel, 13th N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



June (G. M. Dawsori). 



2. 49th Parallel (G. M. D.}. N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



4. 49th Parallel (G. M. D.: Hen- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



shaw Cull.}. 



1. Dane Co., Wisconsin (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.}. 



1. Denver, Colorado, 10th June. W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



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