BRACHYBPIZA. MELOSPIZA. 



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Clutch with 3 eggs of the Cow-bird 

 (Molothrus bonariensis). 



1. Buenos Ayres. 



W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 



Brachyspiza strigiceps (Gould). 



Zonotrichia strigiceps, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 608 (1888) ; 



Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888). 

 Brachyspiza strigiceps, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 310 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of the Stripe-headed Song-Sparrow is 

 similar to those of B. pileata. It measures '76 by *6. 



1. [Argentina.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MELOSPIZA, Baird. 



Melospiza melodia (Wilton). 



Fringilla melodia, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 395, tab. xxxiv. 



fig. 4, a, b (1845-54). 

 Melospiza melodia, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 19 



(1874) ; Sharp, Hand-L v. p. 310 (1909). 

 Melospiza fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p 701 (1888) [part.] ; 



Thompson, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 604 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899X 

 Melospiza cinerea melodia, Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. p. 354 



(1901). 



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

 moderately glossy. The ground-colour is greenish-white, or very 

 pale greenish-blue, spotted and blotched with rather bright brick- 

 red or purplish-red and lilac-grey. The markings are generally 

 confluent at the broad end, but on the remainder of the shell they 

 are distinct and well-defined. Specimens measure from '7 to *85 

 in length, and from '59 to '65 in breadth. 



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21. 



8. 

 8. 



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4. 



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 3. 



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 2. 

 4. 



North America (J. J. Audubon : 



Tristram Coll.). 



North America ( Henshaw Coll.). 

 North America (Smiths. Inst.). 

 North America (H. Buckley : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 North America. 

 New York ( D. G. Ettiot : Tris- 



tram Coll.). 

 Newbury, New Hampshire, 19th 



May (G. E. Oilman). 

 Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer). 

 Princeton, New Jersey, 15th 



May ( W. E. D. Scott). 

 Princeton, 16th May (W. E. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Old Collection. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



D. S.). 

 Princeton, 



D. S.). 

 Princeton, 



D. s.). 



16th May ( W. E. 

 5th June ( W. E. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



[E.]. 

 Princeton University, N.J. 



IE.]. 



