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o. cJ ad. sk. 



7r, p. Skeletons, 



mounted. 

 <r, t. Skeletons, 



unmounted, 

 v. Skull. 

 <p, x, $• Skulls. 



FRIXGILLIDJ5. 



Smyrna, Nov. 8, 1876 



{Dr. Kruper). 

 Erzerourn (Dickson §• 



Ross). 

 England. 



England. 



England. 

 S. Germany. 



E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 

 I>r. Giinther. 



Subsp. a. Chloris chlorotica. 



Ligurinus chlorotieus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 158, note (1850). 



Chlorospiza chlorotica, Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p. 206. 



Fringilla chlorotica, Gray, Hand-L B. ii. p. 83, no. 7218 (1870) ; See- 



bohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii'. p. 74 (1884). 

 Coccothraustes chloroticus, Tristr. Faun, fy Flor. Palest, p. 66 



(1884). 



Adult male. Similar to C. chloris, but everywhere much brighter 

 yellow, without any grey on the head and back (or at the most only 

 faint traces of it) ; forehead, eyebrow, cheeks, and under surface 

 clear olive-yellow, bright yellow on the breast and abdomen. Total 

 length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-25, tail 2, tarsus 0*7. 



Adult female. Eesembles the female of C. chloris, but is yellow 

 underneath, without any dusky-brown stripes. Total length 5*2 

 inches, culmen - 5, wing 3, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Syria and Palestine, probably wintering in Arabia. 



a. <$ ad. sk. 



b. $ ad. sk. 



Mount Tabor, Palestine. 

 Caiffa. 



2. Chloris sinica. 



Canon Tristram [C.~ 

 Canon Tristram C. 



Le Fiucon de la Chine, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 175, pi. vii tig. 2 (1760). 



Fringilla sinica, Linn. Si/st. Xat. i. p. 321 (1766) ; dm. Syst. Mat. i. 

 p. 910 (1788) ; Graxj, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 ( 1840 ) : Swinh. Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 885 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 83, no. 7222 (1870) ; Secbohm, Ilis, 

 1884, p. 267': id. Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 75 (1884). 



L'Olivette, Monfb. Hist. Xat. Ois. iv. p. 144 (1778). 



Chinese Finch, Lath, Gt n. Syn. ii. pt, 1, p. 277 (1883). 



Lio-urinus sinicus, Bli/th, Cut. B. Mus. As. s„c. p. 124 ( 1840) ; Svrinh. 

 Ibis. 1860, p. 6; Blahist. Ibis, 1862, p. 327. 



Fringilla kawarahiha, var. minor, Temm. $ Schl. Faun. Jap., Ares, 

 pL 49 (1850) ; Radde, Reis. Sibir. p. 189 (1863). 



Chlorospiza sinica, Bp. Consp. i. p. 514 (1850) ; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 202 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 181 (1876) ; Blahist. $ 

 Pn/er, B. Japan, p. 133 (1882) ; Blahist. Amended List B. Japan, 

 p. 18 (1884) ; Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 294 (I864j. 



Adult male. General colour above chocolate-brown, washed with 

 olive-yellow : rump clear olive-yellow ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back, the outer ones near the edge of the wing bright yellow ; median 

 coverts like the back ; greater coverts dusky, ashy at the ends, the 



