( 395 ) 



Other eg:gs are similar to either of those descrilied. They measure : 

 10-1 X 15, 18-8 xU-O, 180x15, 18-7 x 15-3, 18-0x14, 20-5 x 154, 2o-4xl4-8, 

 18-0 X 13-5 mm. 



In some of the t-hitches the eggs are (|nite alike, while in others there are 

 striking differences between the single eggs, not in shajje, bnt in colonr and also 

 somewhat iu size, as shown by the measurements. 



Taking (ieoxpiza nests. 



Nov. Ziioi,. y\, 1899, p. 102. 

 p. 50C. 



Geospiza fuliginosa minor. 



-Gf„sj,i-M wiiinr Ridgw., liinh X„rfl, tf- .}fiihllr Ai„n: I, 19111, 



We described this form from Bindloe i/>/pi' : c? ad. hieiitember 5th, I8'.)l, I5aur 

 coll., ex spirit u rini) and Abingdon Islands. Ridgway gives a number of usefnl 

 measurements. 



Messrs. Beck and Adams fmnd this form nesting on Abingdon Islaml on 

 April 15th and IGth. 



They sent the following nest and eggs : — 



No. 808, 5. iv. 1901. Two fresh eggs. Bird seen, "identity sure." Xest iu 

 bush 4 ft. above the ground, built of green and dry grass, weed-stems, grass-heads, 

 and a few cotton-balls, lined with finer grass and a few cotton-balls. Eggs white, 

 with brownish-rufous markings, a few underlying very pale purplish spots, and some 

 very deep purplish brown spots. 18-5 x 14o, 18-2 x 14-5 mm. (Adams coll.). 



No. 809, 15. iv. 1901. Nest with four fresh eggs. " Identity sure." Nest in 

 a bush on a wooded hillside, 4 ft. fnim the ground ; composed of fine grass blades 



