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Melospiza samuelis (Baircl). 



Melospiza samuelis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 705 (1888) [part.] ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 312 



(1909). 

 Melospiza cinerea samuelis, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 



p. 369 (1901). 



Eggs of Samuels' Song-Sparrow are similar to those of M. melodia. 

 They measure from *78 to '8 in length, and from '58 to '6 in 

 breadth. 



2. San Francisco, California, 14th H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



April (J. Hepburn). 



4. Oakland, California, 5th April W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(T. JLiliencrantz). [P.]. 



4. Los Angeles, California, 16th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



June. [P.]. 



Melospiza lincolni (Audub.). 



Fringilla lincolni, Thien. Fortgflanz. ges. Vog. p. 394, tab. xxxiv. 



tig. 6, a-c (1845-54). 

 Melospiza lincolni, Ross, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862, p. 282 ; id. Canad. Nat. 



\-ii. p. 147 (1862) ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. 



p. 31 (1874) ; Bagg, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. vi. p. 246 (1881) ; Salv. $ 



Godm. Biol. Centr-Amer., Aves, i. p. 386 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 698 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 



(1899); Ridgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 379 (1901); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 313 (1909). 



The eggs of Lincoln's Sparrow are of a regular oval shape and 

 possess a small amount of gloss. They are greyish-white, thickly 

 blotched with dull brick-red and underlying lavender-grey. The 

 blotches are densest oil the broad end, where they become confluent 

 and form an irregular zone or cap. The eggs measure from *67 to 

 8 in length, and from -56 to -6 in breadth. 



1. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



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



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



2. North America. Old Collection. 



13. Fort Simpson, Brit. N. America. B. R. Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). 



Fringilla georgiana, Thien. Fortgflanz. ges. Vog. p. 390, tab. xxxiv. 



tig. 7, a, b (1845-54). 

 Melospiza palustris, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 34 



(1874). 

 Melospiza georgiana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 697 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. 



i. p. 382 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 313 (1909). 



Eggs of the Swamp-Sparrow vary from a broad oval to a narrow 



