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marked verj' sparing!}', and almost entirely at the broad end, ■with 

 brown or black. Some specimens are marked, also at the broad 

 end, with underlying grey or pale lilac. They measure from "67 to 

 •72 in length, and from '52 to •54 in breadth. 



2. Simla, N.W. Himalaya, 25th Hume Coll. 



Aug. {A. 0. Hume). 



1, Kotgarh, N.W. Himalaya, 25th Hume Coll. 



April (A. O. H.). 



2. Kotgarh, 24th May [A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus ASTEAGALINUS, Cuh. 



Astragalinus tristis {Linn.). 



Chrysomitiis tristis, Baird, Brtwer &; Rklgiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 471 

 (1874); Shaiye, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 195 (1888); Nehrh. Kat. 

 Eia-samml. p. 107 (1899). 



Astragalinus tristis tristis, Ridgiv. Birds North Sj- Middle Ainer. i. p. 109 

 (1901). 



Astragalinus tristis, Sharpe, Hatid-l. v. p. 233 (1908). 



The eggs of the American Siskin, or Yellow-bird, are without 

 gloss and of a uniform bluish-white colour. They appear to vary 

 much in size and shape. One specimen is of a blunt oval form and 

 measures '68 by "54 ; others are pointed ovals and measure, on the 

 average, '65 by "O. 



1. North America {Smitlis. Inst.). 



4. North America (Henskaiv Coll.). 



3. Bangor, Maine, 29th May {T. 



Bait CI/). 



5. West Newbury, New Hampshire, 



9th August {G. E. Gilman). 



2. Massachusetts {T. 31. Breiver: 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C. J. 



Pennock). 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 W. Eadclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Eadclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton University, N. J. 

 [E.J. 



Astragalinus pallidas {Meams). 



Astragalinus tristis pallidas, Bidgw. Birds North Sj- Middle Amer. i. ji. Ill 



(1901). 

 Astragalinus pallidas, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 234 (1908). 



Eggs of the Western Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those 

 oi A. tristis. They measure from '6 to -62 in length, and from -48 

 to "49 in breadth. 



4. Tucson, Arizona, July. 



W. Radcliiie Saunders, Esq. 



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