215 



Serinus icterus ( VieilL). 



Trltliagra chrysopyga, Amlerss. Birds Danuira-Lil. p. l-^^ (1872). 

 Orithiip:rH ictera, Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard, Birds IS. Africa, p. 484 (1875-84) 



R. B. >^- J. D. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 411. 

 Serinus icterus, H/uirpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. ool) (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersaminl. p. 110 (1899); fStark, Fauna S. Afr.. Birds, i. p. 173 



(1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 269 (1904)'; Sharpe, Rand-l. v. 



p. 2.38(1908). 

 Sevinus butyraceus, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 193 (1902). 



Eggs of the Goldea-rumpedFinch resemble the eggs oiS.canicoUis. 

 They measure from 'Gl to -69 in length, and from "46 to "51 in 

 breadth. 



1. [South Africa] (Nehrkoni Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



.'}. Niit<i] ( T. Ayres). Salvin-Godiiian Coll. 



4. Umgi'iii Itiver, Natal, 6th Dec. Major K. Sparrow [E.]. 



1. Onirtpju, Damaraland, -Jth Jan. (C Crowley Bequest. 

 J. Aiiilersson : TriMram Coll.). 



Serinus seriuus {Linn.). 



Fringilla .'•erinu?, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Foy. p. 400, tab. xxxv. %. 15, a-c 



(18J5-14); Bree, Birds Eur. 2iid ed. iV. p. 25, pi. (1875); Seehohm, 



Bnt. Birds, ii. p. 8.i, pi. 12 (1884) ; id., Eqqs of Brit. Birds, p. 240, 



pi. 56. tig. 10(1896). 

 Serinus flavescens, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viiy. tab. 20. fig. 5 (1855-63). 

 Seriiiu.s meridionalis, Salcin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313. 

 Serinus hortulanus, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



iii. p. 549 (1875); id. Matt. Pal. Birds,-pt. i. p. 280 (1902). 

 Serinus serinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M xii. p. 368 (1888) ; Rey, Eier 



Fog. Mitteleurop. p. 316, pi. 40. figs. 20-30 (1900j ; Sharpe, lland-l. 



V. p. 259(1908). 

 Serinus canaria serinus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 83 (1903); 



.Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 65, pi. 11. figs. 26-30 (1906). 



The eggs of the Serin Finch resemble those of the Goldfinch so 

 closely that no separate description of them is necessary. They 

 measure from -6 to -7 in length, and from -4.5 to -02 in breadth. 



2. Selubal, Portugal, 29th May. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 



mento [P.j- 



6. South Spain, May. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Andalucia, Spain, 26th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Granada, Spain, 2nd April {H. Satin- Seebohm Coll. 

 ders). 



5. Malaga, Spain, lOfh May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 

 (5. Malaga, 2ud June (//. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 8th June (A. Ruiz). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 25th May (.J. 7i;.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga, 30th March {A. R.). W. Radchfte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Hesse, Germany, May. \V. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. ^ 



