PO(ECETKS. 



Eggs of the Western Lark-Sparrow are indistinguishable from 

 those of C. grammaci's. 



6. Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., 30th Salviii-Godnian Coll. 



May (Henshaw Coll.}. 

 f>. Poway, California, 2nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. Poway, 26th Mav. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 3. San Pedro, Texas (R. E. Dresser: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Heer- Crowley Bequest. 



matin: Tristram Coll.}. 



Genus POCECETES, Baird. 



Pocecetes gramineus (Gmel.). 



Fringilla graminea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 389, tab. xxxiv. fig. 8, 



a, b (1845-54). 

 Poocaetes gramineus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 545 



(1874). 

 Pooacetes gramineus, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 129 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. G70 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 



(1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 

 Pooecetes grumineus gramineus, Ridgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. 



i. p. 182 (1901). 



Eggs of the Vesper Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and almost 

 devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white, mottled with underlying 

 lilac-grey or pinkish-brown, and sparingly marked with some 

 surface-spots, lines, scratches, and small blotches of reddish-brown 

 or deep purplish-brown. The markings are usually rather evenly 

 distributed over the surface of the egg, but in some instances they 

 form a confluent zone round the broad end. Specimens measure 

 from '77 to '87 in length, and from '56 to -62 in breadth. 



3. North America (D. G. Elliot : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. North America (D. G. E. : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman^Coll. 

 6. North America (Henshaiv Coll.). Salvin-Godman*Coll. 



4. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godraan Coll. 



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



3. Ohio, July (N. A. Chapman : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. 'Inst.f. 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C. J. Princeton University, N. J. 



Pennock). [E . ]. 



2. Massachusetts ( T. M. Brewer : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



o. West Newbury, Massachusetts, W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 

 20th May (G. E. Oilman). [P.] 



