262 rBiNaiiiWD^. 



Pocecetes confinis, Baird, 



(Plate XII. fig. 7.) 



Pocecetes gramineus, var. confinis, Hensh. Rep. Wheeler's Swv. v. p. 256 



(1875). 

 Pocecetes gramineus, Coues {nee Gmel.), Bwl. U. S. Geol. ^ Geogr. Swv. 



Terr. iv. p. 589 (1878). 

 Pocecetes oonlinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 672 (1888); id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 289 (1909). 

 Pocecetes gramineus confinis, Ridgw. Birds Middle Sf North Amer. i. 



p. 184 (1901). 



Eggs of the Western Vesper Sparrow are indistinguishable from 

 those of P. gramineus. They measure from -76 to '84 in length, and 

 from '57 to 63 in breadth. 



4. Lariraore, Washington, D.C., 18th Crowley Bequest. 



July. 

 4. Olympia, Washington, 23rd May W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(F. W. Andros). [P.l. 



3. Olympia, 23rd May (F. W. A.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus PASSERCULTJS, Bonap. 



Passerculus princeps, Maynard. 



(Plate XII. flg. 6.) 



Passerculns princeps, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 640 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 679 (1888) ; Ridgw. Birds 

 North ^ Middle Amer. i. p. 189 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. ^90 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Ipswich Sparrow are of a rather broad and 

 pointed oval form, almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale creamy-white, spotted and blotched all over with brown or 

 dull reddish-brown, and sparingly with lavender-grey. They 

 measure respectively -78 by -58 and -78 by •67. 



2. Grand Manan I., Bay of Fundy, Crowley Bequest. 

 Nova Scotia {T. M. Brewer : 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Passerculus savanna ( Wilson). 



Passerculus savanna, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 533 



(1874) ; Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 127 (1874) [part.] ; id. Bull. U. S. 



Geol. 8; Geogr. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 588 (1878) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 290 (1909). ^ 



Passerculus sandwichensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 674 (1888) 



[part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899). 

 Passerculus sandwichensis savanna, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. 



i. p. 192 (1909). 



The eggs of the Savanna Sparrow are of a pointed oval form and 



