2(54 PKINGILLIPa;. 



Eggs of the Grasshopper- Sparrow are of a Tery rounded oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are white, speckled and 

 blotched, chiefly at the broad end, with light red and deep lavender- 

 grey, the markings often forming a zone or cap. They measure 

 from '65 to -73 in length, and from -53 to -6 in breadth. 



* 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



2. North America {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Winnebago. Minnesota, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 



(H.W.Tolman: TristramColl.). 



4. Winnebago, 2nd June. W. Kadclifee Saunders, Esq. 



4. Illinois, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Genus AMMODROMUS, Stuains. 



Ammodromus maritinms (Wilson). 



(Plate XII. figs. 18, 23.) 



Ammodromus maritimus, Baird, Breioer 8r Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 560 (1874) [part.] ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 683 (1888) 



[part.] : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 293 (1909). 

 Ammodromus maritimus maritimus, Ridyw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. 



i. p. 214 (1901). 



Eggs of the Seaside Sparrow are of a blunt oval shape and 

 moderately glossy. They are greenish-white, spotted or blotched 

 with reddiah-brown and underlying grey, the markings being 

 generally concentrated about '■jhe larger end. They measure from 

 •75 to '81 in length, and from -57 to '63 in breadth. 



.1. North America ((SmidAs. Jn.i<.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America (jHensAflw; CoW.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. Massachusetts [T. M. Breioer : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. New Jersey (X*. O.Elliot: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



train Coll.). 



1, Sa-ybrook, Connecticut, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Ammodronms caudacutus (Omel.). 

 (Plate XII. fig. 16.) 



Ammodromus caudacutus, Baird, Brewer ^ Midgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 5.57 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 686 (1888) [part.] ; 



Nelirh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 116 (1899); Sharpe, Band- 1, v. p. 294 



(1909). 

 Ammodromus caudacutus caudacutus, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle 



^mer. i. p. 220 (1901). 



Seven eggs of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow are of a blunt oval form 



