MOXTIKRIXGILLA. 193 



1, Iceland {W. Proctor: Tristra7n Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



3. 'Iceland, May ( W. P. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Cull.]. 



4. Iceland, 5th July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 



Genus MONTIPSINGILLA, Brehm. 



The pgga of all the species of this genus are more or less glossy 

 and pure white. 



Montifringilla nivalis (Linn.). 



Fringilla nivalis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 427, tab. xxxvi. fig. 7 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd e^l iv. p. 34, pi. (1875). 

 Montifringilla nivalis, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vby. tab. 12. tig. 4 (1855- 



63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 617 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. 259(1888); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 297 (1002); 



Jourd. Egys Europ. Birds, p. 86 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 238 



(1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis nivahs, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 132 



(1904J. 



Eggs of the Snow-Finch are of a pointed oval form, and measure 

 from -91 to 1-02 in length, and from -6 to -"1 in breadth. 



6. Simplon Pass, Switzerland, 30th Seehohm Coll. 



JNIay. 



2. St. Gotthard, Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



4. St. Gotthard. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Airola, St. Gotthard, 19th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Lenk, Berne?e Alps {Linden : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Gemmi Pass, Bernese Alps(ZiWe«.- Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Basses Alps, 11th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Montifringilla alpicola (Pall.). 



Montifringilla alpicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 260 (1888); 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 298 (1902) ; Sharpe, Randal, v. 



p. 238(1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis alpicola, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 133 



Pour eggs of the Caucasian Snow-Finch measure from -88 to -89 

 in length, and from -61 to -62 in breadth. 



4. Caucasus Mountains, 19th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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