282 PEINGILLIDJ. 



white, densely speckled with brick-red or purplish-red and lavender- 

 grey, the markings being sometimes evenly distributed over the 

 entire shell, but more often concentrated towards the larger end, 

 where they form an irregular cap or zone. They measure from -7 

 to -84 in length, and from -55 to -58 in breadth. 



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



6. Texas, June (D. Ogden). H. E. Dresser, EacL [E.]. 



6. Texas, 8th June. Captain Savile G. Reid [F^J. 



4 Texas, 26th May. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. San Antonio, Texas (i). G. Elliot : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. San Antonio {H. E. Dresser : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



2. San Antonio {A. L. Heermann : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



3. San Antonio, June {H. E. D.). H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



Genus OREOSPIZA, Eidgw. 

 Oreospiza chlorura {Townsend). 



Pipilo chlorurus, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 131 



(1874) ; Coves, Birds N.- West, p. 177 (1874) ; Henshaw, Rep. Orn. 



Wheeler's Sun. v. Zool. p. 307 (1875) ; Bendire, P. Bast. Soc. N. H. 



1877. p. 121. 

 Atlapetes chlorurus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 738 (1888); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 118 (1899). 

 Oreospiza chlnrura, Midgw. Birds North 8r Middle Amer. i. p. 400 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 316 (1909). 



Pour eggs of the Green-tailed Towhee are of a blunt oval form, 

 approaching the elliptical, and slightly glossy. They are white, 

 very minutely mottled all over with light reddish-brown, the 

 markings being very uniform over the whole surface of the egg. 

 At the broad end there are occasionally a few very minute darker 

 specks. Four examples measure respectively : "87 by "68 ; "9 by 

 •68 ; -87 by -67 ; -8 by -66, 



1. California (Nehrkom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Honey Lake, California, 17th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {H. W. Henshaw). 



Genus PIPILO, Vieill. 

 Pipilo megalonyx, Baird. 



Pipilo maculatus, var. megalonyx, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer, 



Birds, ii. p. 113 (1874). 

 Pipilo megalonyx, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 748 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Eat. Eiersamml. p. 118 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 318 (1909). _ 

 Pipilo maculatus megalonyx, Ridgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer. i. 



p. 415 (1901). 



Four eggs of the Spurred Towhee are of a regular oval shape and 



