194 



FElNGILLIDJi:. 



Montifringilla nemoricola (Ilodg/i.). 



Montifrinp-illa nemoricola, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 268 



id., Hand-l. v p. 239 (1909). 

 Fringalauda nemoricola, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 302 (1902). 

 Montifrinj^illa nemoricola nemoricola, Hartert, Viiy. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 136 (1904). 



Two eggs, which have been identified as those of M. gir/lioli, 

 are probabi}' those of Hodgson's Snow-Finch. They measure 

 respectively -82 by '63 and -83 by -62. 



2. Sin-ing, Kausu, W. China, Crowley Bequest. 



21st May. 



Montifringilla arctoa (Pall.). 



Montifringilla arctoa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 272 (1888) ; id., 



Hand-l. V. p. 239 (1909). 

 Leucosticte arctoa. Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 303 (1902). 

 Montifringilla arctous, Hartert, Viig. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 138 (1904). 



Two eggs of the Siberian Snow-Finch measure respectively "91 

 by -62 and -92 by -65. 



2. Kuldja, Mongolia, 25th May. Crowley Bequest. 



Montifringilla griseinucha (Brandt). 



Leucosticte griseonucha, Dnll, P. Cal. Acad. Sci. v. pp. 27, 273 (1873) ; 



Nelson, Report Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 176 (1887) ; Dresser, Man. 



Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 304 (1902). 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis, var. griseinucha, Baird, Breicer Sf Ridgw. 



N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 508 (1874). 

 Montifringilla griseinucha, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 275 (1888) ; 



id., Hand-l. V. p. 240 (1909). 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis griseonucha, Ridgm. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. 



i. p. 72 (1901). 

 Montifringilla tephrocotis griseonucha, Hartert, Voq. Pal. Faun. pt. ii 



p. 140 (1904). 



Eggs of the Aleutian Snow-Finch resemble those of M. vivalis in 

 all respects, 



4. [Alaska] [Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. St. George's Island, Alaska, May Salvin-Godman Coll. & 

 ( JV. H. Dull : Smitbs. Inst.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus RHODOSPIZA, Sharpe. 



Rhodospiza obsoleta (Licht.). 



(Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Rhodospiza obsoleta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 282 (1888); 

 Hartert, Viig. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 91 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 241 (19C9). 



