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FEINGILLID.E. 



/3'. S ad. sk. 



y'. <5 ad. sk. 



8'. d" ad. sk. 



c'. c? ad. sk. 



£'. $ ad. sk. 



»;'• c? ad. sk. 



&. S ad. sk. 



t'. S ad. sk. 



k'. $ ad. sk. 

 X'. J ad. sk. 

 /x'. J ad. sk. 



v , £'. $ ad. sk. 



o', it'. S ad. sk. 



p' , a' . Skeletons. 



t'. Skull. 



v',(p',x ,^'- Skulls. 



Havre, France, May 6, 1876 



( V. Plunhe). 

 Belgium, April 1846. 



Norway, Oct. 31, 1880 



(R. Collett). 

 Skane, S. Sweden, Feb. 11, 



1873 ( W. Mevcs). 

 Borne, Italy, Oct. 1884. 



Vienna. 



Buyukdere Hills, Turkey, 



April 2 (T. Robson). 

 Egypt, Nov. 13, 1875. 



Malta, April 16, 1861. 



Malta, Feb. 1854. 



Near Gibraltar, March 15, 



1870 (L.H.Irby). 

 Madeira, June 27, 1871 



(F. I). G.). 

 Orotava, Teneriffe, April 



1871 (F. 1). G.). 

 England. 



Ei: gland. 

 S. Germany. 



E. Hargitt, Esq. [P.]. 



Brussels Museum 



[P.]. 

 Christiania Museum 



[P.]. 

 B. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Prof H. H. Giglioli 



[P.]. 

 E. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 B. B. Skarpe, Esq. 



[P-l- 

 J. II . Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Br. Giiuther. 



Subsp. a. Acanthis fringillirostris. 



Linota fringillirostris, Bp. fy Sett. Manogr. Loxiens, p. 45, pi. 49 



(1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 539 (1850) ; Finseh, Verk. zool.-bot. 



GeseUsch. Wien, 1879, p. 206 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 172. 

 Cannabiua fringillirostris, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 161, note (1850). 

 Canuabina bella, Cab. Mus. Hein. Tli. i. p. 161, note (1850). 

 Linota linaria, Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 34. 



Linaria fringillirostris, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 110, no. 7656 (1870). 

 Acanthis canuabina, ji. bella, Severtz. Turkest. Jevatn. p. 64 (1873). 

 Linaria cannabiua Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 242 (pt.); Blanf. East. 



Persia, ii. p. 249 (187B) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 108, 389 ; Bidd. 



Ibis, 1881, p. 86; Scully, t. c. p. 579; Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 285. 

 Linota bella, Boyd. B. Cauc. p. 65 (1879) ; Serertz. Ibis, 1883, p. 57. 

 Cannabiua sanguinea, Homeyer §• Tancre, MT. Orn. Ver. Wien, 



1883, p. 89. 

 Fringilla fringillirostris, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 106 (1884). 

 Linota erythropyga, Boyd., teste Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 10. 

 Linota cannabiua, var. bella, Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. lt>7 (1884). 

 Linota canuabina, Tristr. Faun. $ Flor. Palest, p. 70 (1884). 



Adult male. Similar to the male of A. cannabina, but everywhere 

 paler in colour, more ashy about the hind neck, the red breast more 

 scarlet in tint, and distinguished further by the primary-coverts 

 being edged with white like the primaries ; the back perfectly uni- 

 form chestnut. Total length 5'3 inches, eulmen 0-4, wing 3-15, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of A. cannabina, but always 

 paler in colour. Total length 5*3 inches, eulmen - 4, wing 3*15, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus - 6. 



