260 FRINGILLIDj'E. 



Germs SPIZA, Bonap. 



Spiza americana (Gmel.). 



Euspiza americana, Baird, Brewer fy Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 65 



(1874) ; Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 164 (1874). 

 Spiza americana, Salv. fy Godm. BioL Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 416 



(1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 770 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 118 (1899) : Ridgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. 



p. 171 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 288 (1909). 



Eggs of the Black-throated "Bunting appear to be very variable in 

 shape. One specimen in the Collection is almost spherical, another 

 is nearly a perfect ellipse, and a third is a narrow pointed oval. 

 The eggs are glossy and of a plain bluish- green colour. They 

 measure from '79 to -82 in length, and from '6 to *64 in breadth. 



1. North America (Henshaiv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Heer- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mann). 

 2. San Antonio (Dr. Heermann : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



5. Cook Co., Illinois, 6th Jan. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus CHONDESTES, Swains. 



Chondestes grammacus (Say). 



Chondestes grammaca, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 562 (1874) [part.]. 

 Chondestes grammica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 591 (1888) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 114 (1899). 

 Chondestes grarnmacus grammacus, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. 



i. p. 176 (1901). 

 Chondestes grammacus, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 



The eggs of the Lark-Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 

 highly glossy. They are white, or very pale creamy-white, marked, 

 almost entirely at the broad end, with spots, blotches, scratches and 

 hair-lines of deep purplish-brown or black and some faint clouds 

 and spots of lavender-grey. They measure from '75 to -82 in 

 length, and from '6 to '66 in breadth. 



North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



North America. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[p.j. 



Chondestes strigatus (Swains.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 9.) 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. 



p. 178 (1901). 

 Chondestes strigatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 



