178 FRINGILLID^. 



4. Shifnal, Shropshire, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Epsom, Surrey, 17th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Reigate, Surrey, 22ad May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



3. Oare. Favershara, Kent, 23rd May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(H. r. Booth). ' [P.]. 



4. Near Selling, Kent, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[R]. 



6. Alton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 

 6. Alresford, Hants, May. Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis parva, Tschusi J x Serinus canaria (Linn.) 5 . 



Four eggs laid hy the Canary are of a rather broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale greenish-white, rather faintly and finely mottled all over with pale 

 rufous and purplish-grey. They measure from "68 to -7 in length, 

 and '5 in breadth. 



4. [Madeira.] 2nd April. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



Carduelis africana, Hartert. 



Carduelis elegans, Saloin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220. 

 Acanthis carduelis africanus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 69 



(1903). 

 Carduelis carduelis, Whitaker. Birds Tunis, i. p. 191 (190.5). 

 Carduelis carduelis africana, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 51 (1906). 

 Carduelis africana, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 228 (1908). 



Eggs of the Iberian Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those of 

 the European form. They vary from -62 to •? in length, and from 

 •5 to "52 in breadth. 



5. Setuhal, Portugal, 6th May. 



5. Colmenar, S. Spain, loth June 



(H. Saunders: Harqitt Coll.). 

 4. Malaga, S. Spain, 19th May {H. S. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 12th May 



(O. Salvin). 

 1. Ain Djendeli, 13th May (H. B. 



Tristram). 

 1. Ain Djendeli, 18th May (H.B. T). 



Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 



mento [P.]. 

 Seebohoi Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis orientaiis (Eversm.). 



Acanthis caniceps orientaiis, Hartert, Voq. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 70 



(1903). 

 Carduelis orientaiis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 229 (1908). 



Eggs of the Eastern Goldfinch are similar to those of C. carduelis,: 



