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2. Short Creel, 10th June (G. M. £).). N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 

 2. Short Creek, 10th June ( O. M. D.). N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



1. South Dakota, U.S.A., 18th Mav. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Genus EHYNCHOPHANES, Baird. 



Ehynchophanes maccowni {Lawr.). 



(Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Plectrophanes maccowni, Baird, Brewer 8r Sidaw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 

 p. 523 (1874). 



Rhyncophanes maccowni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 589 (1888) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml.^. 114 (1899) ; Ridgw. Birds North ^Middle 

 Amer. i. p. 165 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 288 (1909). 



Two eggs of Maccown's Bunting are elliptical in shape, and 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. They are pale creamy- or 

 brownish-buff, very indistinctly mottled with pale lavender and 

 grey, and marked with some specks, scratches, scrawls and fine 

 lines of umber-brown. Thev measure respectively : "81 by "59 ; 

 ■82 by -59. 



2. Traders' Road, 49th Parallel N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



((?. M. Dawson). 



Genus CALAMOSPIZA, Bona^. 

 Calamospiza melanocorys, Stejn. 



Calamospiza hicolor, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 61 

 (1874) ; Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 163 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 693 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 114 (1899). 



Calamospiza melanocorys, Ridgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer. i. p. 168 

 (1901) ;' Sharpe, E.and-1. v. p. 288 (1909). 



The eggs of the American Lark-Bunting are of a very broad oval 

 shape and frequently spheroidal. They are very smooth, glossy, 

 and of a pale blue colour. Many eggs are uniform, others are 

 spotted with light rufous at the broad end. Tliey measure from 

 •79 to "9 in length, and from .62 to -7 in breadth, 



4. Near Souris, 49th Parallel, 13th N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



June (<?. M. Dawson). 



2. 49th Parallel (6?. M. D.). . N. Amer. Boundary Comm. 



4. 49th Parallel (O. M. D. : Sen- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



shaw Coll.). 



1. Dane Co., Wisconsin {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Denver, Colorado, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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