BRACHYSPIZA. — MELOSPIZA. 277 



Clutch with 3 eggs of the Cow-bird 

 {MolotJirus bonariensis). 



1. Buenos Ayres. W. H. Hudson, Esq. [P.]. 



Braohyspiza strigiceps (Gould). 



Zonotrichia strigiceps, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 608 (1888) ; 



Scl. Sr Ituds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 60 (1888), 

 Brachyspiza strigiceps, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 310 (1909). 



An egg said to be that of the Stripe-headed Song-Sparrow is 

 similar to those of B. pileata. It measures "76 by "6. 



1. [Argentina.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus MELOSPIZA, Baird. 



Melospiza melodia (Wilson). 



Fringilla melodia, Thien. Fortpjkmz, ges. Vog. p. 395, tab. xxxiv. 



tig. 4, a, b (1845-54). 

 Melospiza melodia, Baird, Brewer 8r JRidgw, N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 19 



(1874) i Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 310 (1909). 

 Melospiza fasciata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p 701 (1888) [part.] ; 



Thdmpmn, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 604 (1891); 2fehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 117 (1899\ 

 Melospiza cinerea melodia, Ridgio. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 354 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Song-Sparrow are of a broad oral shape and 

 moderately glossy. The ground-colour is greenish-white, or very 

 pale greenish-blue, spotted and blotched with rather bright brick- 

 red or purplish-red and lilac-grey. The markings are generally 

 confluent at the broad end, but on the remainder of the shell they 

 are distinct and well-deflned. Specimens measure from "7 to '85 

 in length, and from '59 to '65 in breadth. 



2. North America (/. J. Audubon : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



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



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



8. North America (R. Buckley : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. North America. Old Collection. 



3. New York (D. G. EUiot ; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



train Coll.). 



4. Newbury, New Hampshire, 19th W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



May (G. B. Gilman). [P.]. 



.2. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Princeton, New Jersey, 15th Princeton University, N.J. 



May ( W. E. D. Scott:). [E.]. 



3. Princeton, 16th May ( W. E. Princeton University, N.J. 



D. S.). [E.]. 



2. Princeton, 16th May ( W. E. Princeton University, N.J. 



D. S.). [E.]. 



4. Princeton, 6th June [W. E. Princeton University, N.J. 



D. S.). [£•]■ 



