196 TKIXGILLID,!!. 



4. Fiiertaventuva, Canary Islands, H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



March (i?. G.). 



4. Eiiertaventura, March {R. G.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Fuertaventura, JMarch {R. G.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Fuertaventura, March (R. G.). Crowley Bequest. 



Erythrospiza mongolica {Swlnh.). 



Ervthrospiza mongolica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 287 (1888); 



Ilnrtert, Tiig. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 89 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 242 (1909). 

 Bucanetes mongolicus, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 331 (1902). 



Eggs of the Mongolian Bullfinch are similar to those of 

 E. amantum. They vary from •? to -79 in length, and from 'oS to 

 •57 in breadth. 



2. Mountains of Tekke, Turkestan, Crowley Bequest. 

 15th May. 



4. Issyk-Kul, Turkestan, 2nd May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 



5. Kobdo, Altai Mountains, 12th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 



Genus PETRONIA, Kaup. 

 Petronia petronia (Linn.). 



Fringilla petronia, Thien. Fortuflanz. ges. Viig. p. 423, tab. xxxiv. fig. 18, 



a-c (1845-54). 

 Petronia rupestris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Tog. tab. 12. fig. 10 (1855-63). 

 Petronia stulta, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii, p. 607 (1877); id., Man. Pal. 



Birds, pt. i. p. 295 (1902) [part.]. 

 Pyrgita petronia, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 218. 

 Passer petronia, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 43, pi. (1875) ; Rey, 



Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 309, pi. 42. figs. 21-24 (1900). 

 Petronia petronia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 289 (1888) [part.]; 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 88, pi. 12. figs. 21-24 (1906) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 242 (1909). 

 Petronia petronia petronia, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 141 (1904), 



Nine eggs of the Eock-Sparrow are of a broad oval form and 

 slightly glossy. They are dull white or j^ale grey, densely streaked, 

 blotched, and marbled with umber-brown in some cases, and with f* 

 purplish-brown and lilac in others. In some specimens the markings 

 are very evenly distributed over the shell ; in others they are 

 extremely dense at the large end, where they form a cap, and 

 sparse elsewhere. Examples measure from "8 to '92 in length, and 

 from -6 to '64 in breadth. 



5. Araujuez, Spain, May (if. jS«M??f?er«). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Parnassus, Greece, 28th May {H. Seebolim Coll. 

 Seebohm &■ T. Krilper) 



