srixr?. 179 



but rather lar<3:er. They measure from '"l to •72 iu length, and 

 from '51 to -52 iu breadth. 



2. Altai Mts., 3rd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Altai IVIts. (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kuldja, Mongolia, 5tli June. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Kuldja, .5th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Astrabad, N. Persia, 8th May. W. Ra'dclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus SPINUS, Koch. 

 Spinus xanthogaster {Du Bus). 



Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Set. S)- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 508. 

 Chrysomitris xanthooaster, Salv. tV Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 430 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 209 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 

 Spinus xanthogaster, liich/w. Birds North Si- Middle Amer. i. p. 105 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Haud-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



Eggs of Bryant's Siskin are of a pointed oval shape, and without 

 gloss. Thuy are pale green, speckled with deep reddish-brown and 

 underlying lilac, tliickly at the broad, end and sparingly elsewhere. 

 Four measure respectively : -67 by '49 ; '69 by *48 ; "67 by '52 ; 

 and '67 by "5. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia ( T. K. S(ilmon). 

 2. Santa Elena {T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Spinus atratus (D'Orb. 4' Lafr.). 



(Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Chrysomitris atrata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 212 (1888). 

 Spinus atratus, Sharpe, Haud-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



An egg ill the Collection, said to be that of the Black Siskin, is of 

 a regular oval shape and almost without gloss. It is pale greenish- 

 white, finely spotted over the entire shell with yellowish-brown and 

 lilac-grey. This egg, if correctly identified, is of a diiferent type 



I from those of the allied species. It measures -81 by "6. 

 I 

 1. Tumbez, Peru. Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus spinus (Linn.). 



Fringilla spinus, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Viig. p. 399, tab. xxxv. 

 fig. 14. rt, 1), c. (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 198, 

 pi. 1. lig. ii (18.56); Seehohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 92, pi. 12 (1884); 

 id. Lgys of Brit. Birds, p. 242, pi. 5G. lig. 18 (1896). 



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