FRINGII.LA. ] 7d 



Fringilla canariensis, VieiU. 



Fringilla canariensis, >'^harpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 177 (1888) • id. 



Hcmd-I. X. p. 226 (1908). 

 Fringilla tintillon, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 307 (1902). 

 Fringilla coelebs canariensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 129 (1904). 



Eggs of the Cauarian Chaffinch resemble those of the common 

 type of F. coelebs in all particulars. 



3. Canary Islands {Dr. A. C. Stark). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Orotava,Tenerife (i?rt??io?i GWjpc). Crowley Bequest. 



Fringilla spodiogenys, Bona^i. 



Fringilla spodiogena, Salvin, Ihis, 18.")9, p. 313; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, 



p. 152; Dresser, Birds Fur. iv. p. 13 (1873). 

 Fringilla spodiogenys, Sharpe. Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 177 (1888) ; 



Koeniij, J. /.' O."l890, p. 277 ; Isehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 309 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds 



Tunis, i. p. 214 (1905) ; 6/iarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 

 Fringilla coelebs spodiogenys, Hartert, l^oij. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 127 



(1904) : Jourd. Eggs Furop. Birds, p. 84 (1906). 

 Fringilla coelebs africana, Levaill. ; Hartert, Tog. Pal. Faun, pt ii 



p. 127 (1904). 

 Fringilla africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Eggs of the Algerian Chaffinch resemble those of the common 

 type of P. ccelebs. They measure from -8 to -86 in length, and 

 from -6 to '61 in breadth. 



2. Algeria, 12th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Algeria, 6th May (H. B. Tristram). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Near Algiers, June {H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Near Algiers, May {H. B. T.). CrowleV Bequest. 



3. Tunis. Mr. L.'Fraser [C.]. 



4. Gafsa, Tunis, 19th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Thicn. Fortpjlanz. ges. Fog. p. 41.3, tab. xxxvi. 

 fig. 6, a-e (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Fier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 2 (1855- 

 63) ; Hezvitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 194, pi. xlix. tfgs. ii & iii 

 (1856) ; Dresser, Birds Fur. iv. p. 15 (1871) ; TJlieelivright, A Spring 

 and Summer in Lapland, p. 297 (1871) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds ii 

 p. 96, pi. 13(1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 3L xii. p. 178(1888); 

 Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 243, pi. 67. fig. 1 (1896) ; Bey, Fier 

 Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 330, pi. 39. tigs. 9-16 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 311 (1902) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleya7ia, pt ii 

 p. 396, pi. xi. figs. 25-30 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 

 p. 130 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Furop. Birds, p. 85, pi. 10. figs. 9-16 

 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Many of the eggs of the Brambling are quite inseparable from 

 the common type of egg of F. coelebs. Others resemble the eggs of 



