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The eggs of tho Chipping Sparrow are of a pointed oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greenish-blue, spotted and blotched, 

 almost entirely at the broad end, with dark purplish-brown or 

 black, and lilac-grey or pinkish-brown. The markings are sparse 

 and small in size and rarely extend to the smaller half of the egg. 

 Specimens measure from *6 to '72 in length, and from -5 to '55 in 

 breadth. 



4. North America. Gould Coll. 



4. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Saivin-Godman Coll. 



4. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.I 



4. Fort Simpson. B. II. Ross, Esq. j P.j. 



4. Fort Simpson. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.J 



2. Fort Resolution, Great Slave Saivin-Godman Coll. 



Lake (B. R. Ross: Smiths. 

 Inst.). 



5. Bangor, Maine, 20th May (T. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Bailey}. [P.I 



4. New York (D. G. Elliot : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.^. 



0. Massachusetts (Henshaw Coll.). Saivin-Godman Coll. 



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



Tristram Coll.). 



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



28th May. ' [P.]: 



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



Pennock). [E.]. 



4. West Chester Co., Pennsylvania, Crowley Bequest. 



10th June. 



2. Good Ground, Long Island (C. B. Princeton University, N. J. 

 Lowe). [E.]. 



Spizella mexicana, Nelson. 



Spizella socialis mexicana, Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 313 



(1901). 

 Spizella mexicana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 306 (1909). 



Eggs of the Mexican Chipping Sparrow are indistinguishable from 

 those of S. socialis. They measure respectively '69 by *5 and -72 

 by -51. 



1 . Mexico. . Gould Coll. 



1. Mexico. Saivin-Godman Coll. 



Spizella arizonae, Coues. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 10). 



Spizella socialis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 660 (1888) [part.]. 

 Spizella socialis arizonae, Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 315 



(1901). 

 Spizella arizonse, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 307 (1909,. 



Eggs of the Western Chipping Sparrow are perfectly similar to 

 those of S. socialis. They measure from -63 to '71 in length, and 

 from *5 to '53 in breadth. 



