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Eggs of the Grasshopper- Sparrow are of a very rounded oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light red and deep lavender- 

 grey, the markings often forming a zone or cap. They measure 

 from -65 to *73 in length, and from '53 to *6 in breadth. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



2. North America (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Winnebago. Minnesota, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 



(H.W.Tolman: Tristram Co If.). 



4. Winnebago, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Illinois. 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus AMMODROMUS, Swains. 



Ammodromus maritimns (Wilson). 



(Plate XII. figs. 18, 23.) 



Ammodromus maritimus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 560 (1874) [part.] ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 683 (1888) 



[part.] : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. 



p. 293(1909). 

 Ammodromus maritimus maritimus, Ridyw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. 



i. p. 214 (1901). 



Eggs of the Seaside Sparrow are of a blunt oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greenish-white, spotted or blotched 

 with reddish-brown and underlying grey, the markings being 

 generally concentrated about ':he larger end. They measure from 

 75 to -81 in length, and from -57 to -63 in breadth. 



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



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



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



Tristram Coll.). 



4. New Jersey (D. G. Elliot: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.}. 



1, Saybrook, Connecticut. 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Sauuders. Esq. 



[p.]. 



Ammodromus caudacutus (Gmel). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 16.) 



Ammodromus caudacutus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 557 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 685 (1888) [part.] ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand- 1. v. p. 294 



(1909). 

 Ammodromus caudacutus caudacutus, Ridgw. Birds Nvrth fy Middle 



Amer. i. p. 220 (1901). 



Seven eggs of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow are of a blunt oval form 



