POCECETKS. 



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Eggs of the Western Lark-Sparrow are indistinguishable from 

 those of G. grammacv^. 



6. Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., 30th 



May (Henshaw Coll.). 

 6. Poway, California, 2nd May. 



4. Poway, 26th May. 



3. San Pedro, Texas (fl. -E. Dresaer; 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. San Antonio, Texas {Dr. Heer- 



mann : Tristram Coll.). 



Salviu-Grodman Coll.. 



W. RadclifFtj Saunders, Ean[. 



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Genus POffiCETES, Baird. 



Pooecetes gramineus (Gmel.). 



Fringilla g'raminea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 889, tab. xxxiv. fig. 8, 



a, h (1845-54). 

 Pooceetes gramineus, Baird, Brewer S; Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 545 



(1874). 

 Pooecetes gramineus, Coiiea, Birds N.-West, p. 129 (1874) ; Sharps. Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 670 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamnd. -p. 116 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 

 Pooecetes gramineus gramineus, Bidgw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. 



i. p. 182 (1901). 



Eggs of the Vesper Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and almost 

 devoid of gloss. They are greyish-white, mottled with underlying 

 lilac-grey or pinkish-brown, and sparingly marked with some 

 surface-spots, lines, scratches, and small blotches of reddish-brown 

 or deep purplish-brown. The markings are usually rather evenly 

 distributed over the surface of the egg, but in some instances they 

 form a confluent zone round the broad end. Specimens measure 

 from '77 to -87 in length, and from ".56 to "62 in breadth. 



3. North America {D. G. Elliot: 



Tristram Coll!). 



2. North America (D. G. E. .- Tris- 



tram Coll.). 



1. North America. 



6. North America {Henshaw Coll.). 



4. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



3. North America {Smiths. Inst.). 



3. Ohio, July (N. A. Chapman : 



Smiths. Inst.). 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C. J. 



Pennoch). 



2. Massachusetts {T. M. Brewer: 



Tristram Cull.). 



5. We.st Newbury, Massachusetts, 



20th May. (G. E. Gihnan). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godraan Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Princeton University, N. J. 



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Saunders, Esq. 



