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Gomis CARDUELIS, Briss. 

 Carduelis carduelis (Linn.). 



Fring'illa carduelis, Thien. Forfjjjlanz. ges. Fog. p. 407, tab. xxxv. 



lig. 9, rt-f (18-40-54). 

 Carduelis elegans, Baedeker, Eler Eur. Viii/. tab. 20. fif>-. 3 (1855-6.3) ; 



Uanford, Ibis, 1878, p. :^3 ; Dresser, Man. Ful. Birds, pt. i. p. i!74 



(1902) [part.]. 

 Cavduelis oarduelis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 182 (1888) [part.] ; 



Itet), Eier Voy. MiUeleurop. p. 319, pi. 40. figs. 16-20 (1900) ; Hhcaye, 



Hiuid-l. V. p.' 227 (1908). 

 Acantliis carduelis carduelis, Harf.ert, Vcir/. Bid. Fauna, pt. i. p. 67 



(1903). 

 Carduelis carduelis carduelis, Jotird. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. -50, pi. 11. 



figs. lG-20 (190G). 



The eggs of the European Goldfinch are of a pointed oval shape, 

 and many are moderately gloss)-, while some are quite devoid of 

 gloss. The ground-colour varies from bluish-white to pale 

 greenish-blue and is marked, eliietly over the broader half of the 

 e^g, with specks, spots, and short lines, which vary in colour from 

 pinkish-brown to dark chocolate-brown. At the broad end there 

 are usually many spots and clouds of lilac, underlying the other 

 markings. The eggs measure from -62 to -71 in length, and from 

 •48 to oi in breadth. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 5th May (if. &e- Seebohm Uoll. 

 bohm Sj' T. Krilper). 



4. Parnassus, 6th Mav (IT. -S". ^- T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Paruassu.s, 7th May (7/. 6'. 1.^-r. A'.). Seebohm Coll. 

 fl. Parnassus, 9th May {H. S. .y T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Parnassus, oth June (//. »S'. i^'- 2'.^.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Asia Minor (C. G. Danford). Sdebohm Coll. 

 3. Asia Minor, 27th April (C. 0. I).). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Syria. Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis britaniiica, Hartert. 



Fringilla carduelis, Ilewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 196, pi. 1, fig. i 

 (1856) ; Heebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 87, pi. 12 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 241, pi. 56. fig. 17 (189.1). 



Acautliis carduelis britannicus, Hartert, log. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 68 

 (190:J). 



Carduelis carduelis britannica, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 49 (1906). 



Carduelis britannica, Sharpe, Iland-l. v. p. 227 (1903). 



Eggs of the British form of the Goldfinch do not differ from 

 those of its Conlinental representative, described above. 



5. Co, Donegal, Ireland, 20th May. J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [P. 



4. Cappagli, Co. Waterford, 29tli May Seebohm Coll. 



{li. J. Ussher). 



5. Cnppagl), 4lh June [li. J. I'.). Seebohm Coll. 

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