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Illustration of a Prevost's Ground Sparrow (Melozone biarcuata) egg, 23.2 × 16.9 mm
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Melozone biarcuata

  • 23.2 × 16.9 mm (approx.)
Breeds in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

White or creamy-white with specks, spots and small blotches of bright brick-red and lilac, densest at the broad end; moderately glossy.

Sources of information

Size
Ogilvie-Grant, W. R. 1912. Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum, vol. 5. London.
Description
Ogilvie-Grant 1912 (BM Egg Catalogue vol 5).
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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