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and moderately glossy. They are greyish- or greenish-white, more 

 or K-ss densely mottled and freckled with various shades of reddish- 

 brown and some underlying lavender-grey. They measure from '72 

 to '79 in length and from '53 to '6 in breadth. 



1. Xovth America (Smifhs. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



3. Salt Marshes, New Jersey Crowley Bequest. 



( Tristram Coll.). 



Genus MYIOSPIZA, Ridyw. 



Myiospiza peruana (Bonap.). 



Coturniculus peruanus, Scl. 8f Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888); 



Holland, Ibis, 1893, p. 484. 



Ammodromus peruanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 693 (1888). 

 Myiospiza peruana, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 295 (1909). 



The eggs of the Yellow-shouldered Sparrow are of a rather 

 narrow pointed oval shape and exhibit a considerable amount of 

 gloss. They are plain white. Four examples measure respectively : 

 81 by -58 ; -82 by '55 ; '85 by -56 ; '77 by -55. 



4. Argentina, Oct. A. II. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



Genus PLAGIOSP1ZA, Eidcjw. 



Plagiospiza super ciliosa (Swains.). 



(Plate XII. figs. 21, 22.) 



Haemophila superciliosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 722 (1888). 

 Plagkspiza superciliosa, Ridgw. Birds North fy Middle Amer. i. p. 229 

 '(1901) : bharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 295 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Striped Sparrow are of a rather broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval form and distinctly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 white, with dots, spots, and small blotches of light red, dark 

 reddish-brown and lilac-grey, scattered over the entire shell, bub 

 most numerous about the larger end. They measure respectively 

 95 by 68 and -92 by -67. 



2. Durango, Mexico, 30th April. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus HJEMOPHILA, Swains. 

 Haemophila cassini ( Woodhouse). 



Amer., Ares, i. p. 391 (1886). 

 Aimophila cassini, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle. Amer. i. p. 253 (101). 

 Hsemophila cassini, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p'. 298 (1909). 



