LIGURINUS. loT 



Clutches containing au egg of the Cuckoo (^Cuculus canOrus). 



4. Rabraliaui, Cambridgeshire, 18th W. Radcliff'e Saiuiders, Esq. 



Mav. [P.]. 



■■'>. AldbuiT. Tring, Herts, 29tli Mav W. RadcliffiB Saunders, Esq. 



{JV.'Ji.S.}. " [P.]. 



Ligurinus auranteiventris, Cah. 



Ligurinu.s auranteiventris, Cab. Miis. Hein. pt. i. p. 158, note (1850); 



Sharpe, Rand-l. v. p. 106 (1908). 

 Ohloris chh)ris, Sharpe, (M. Birds B. M. xii. p. 21 (1888) [part.]. 

 Chloris chloris auranteiventris, Hartert, Vdg. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 



(190;>). 



Ligurinus chloris auranteiventris, Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 198 

 (1905). 



Eggs of the North-African Greenfinch are perfectly similar in 

 all respects to those of L. chloris. 



o. Setubal, Portugal, 26th April. Don L. Gouzaga do Nasci- 



mento [P.]. 



5. Malaga, Spain, 4th May (R- Saun- Seebohm Coll. 



ders). 

 5. Malaga, 5th June (if. -S'.). Seebohm Coll. 



Ligurinus chloroticus {Bonaj^).). 



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



Chloris chlorotica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 26 (1888); Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 

 Chloris chloris chlorotica, Hartert, J'o(/. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 (1903). 

 Ligurinus chloroticus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 196 (1908). 



Eggs of the Syrian Greenfinch are very similar to those of 

 L, chloris. Specimens measure from "7 to -70 in length, and from 

 "56 to "6 in breadth. 



0. Safed, Palestine, 11th May {J. H. Seebohm Coll. 



Cochrane). 

 4. Palestine (7'/7s</'aw» Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Palestine, 16th May {Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Cull). 



1. Palestine, 19th Mav (Tristrmii Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 '2. Palestine, 19th May [Trislram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Ligurinus sinicus (Linn.). 



Chloris sinica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. .\ii. p. 26 (1888) ; La louche, 



Ibis, 1906, p. ()30. 

 Chlorospiza sinica. La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427. 

 Chloris sinica sinica, Hartert, Vik/. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 64 (1903). 

 Ligurinus sinicus. Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 284 (1902) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 197 (1908). 



Seven of the eggs of the Chinese Greenfinch in the Collection arc 



