278 



Melospiza montana (Henshaw). 



Melospiza fasciata heermanni, Townsend, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 219 



(1887). 



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

 Melospiza cinerea montana. Ridgw. Birds North Sc Middle Amer. i. p. 358 



(1901). 

 Melospiza montana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 310 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Mountain Song-Sparrow are similar to those 

 of M. melodia. They measure respectively '89 by *62 and '82 

 by -60. 



2. Colorado, 13th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



Melospiza fallax (Baird). 



Melospiza melodia, var. fallax, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 22 (1874). 

 Melospiza fallax, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 703 (1888) [part.]; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 311 



(1909). 

 Melospiza cinerea fallax, Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 362 



(1901). 



Eggs of the Desert Song-Sparrow in the Collection are of three 

 types. Two of these correspond well with the two types of the 

 eggs of M. georgiana described below. In the third type the egg 

 is greyish-white, very densely freckled all over with orange-brown. 

 Specimens measure from "7 to '8 in length, and from *58 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



1. California (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Salt Lake City, Utah, 15th May. W. Kadclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



6. Tuczon, Arizona (Smiths. Inst.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Melospiza heermanni, Baird. 



Melospiza heermanni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 704 (1888) 

 [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 311 (1909). 



Melospiza cinerea heermanni, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 364 (1901). 



Eggs of Heermann's Song-Sparrow resemble those of M. melodia. 

 They measure from '78 to '8 in length, and from '6 to -62 in 

 breadth. 



1. California (T. M. Brewer r Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. San Bernardino, California, 26th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



April (F. Ball). [P.]. 



