CAKPOnACUS. 



219 



cnses. blotched -with rather bright reddish-brown and underlying 

 purplish-grey. The markings are usually very dense at the broad 

 end of the egg, where they often form a more or less well-defined 

 cap. Two eggs of this species in the Collection are of abnormal 

 size, measuring respectively -8 by -63 ; -S:-! by "67. Normal 

 specimens measure from -64 to -8 in length, and from -5 to -57 in 

 breadth. 



2. Campo of r,a Tahi, Central LTrii- 

 giiay, 14tli Nov. {R. Urquh(ut). 



5. Argentina, Oct. 

 8. Argentina, Oct. 

 2. Argentina,, Oct. 



2. Argentina. 



6. Chile. 



3. Central Chile (Landbpcli). 

 '■i. Central Cliile [Laivlheck). 

 •2. Central Chile (Lamlhcck). 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. 



5. Kio Uueno, Chile, 26th Jan. 



{A. Lane). 



1. llio Jiueno, tith Feb. (.4. L.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



A. II. Flollaud, Esq. [C.]. 

 A. H. Holland, E.«q. [C.J. 

 A. II. Holland, Esq. [C]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Old Collection. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Cull. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Crowley Be([uest. 



Geinis CARPODACUS, Kunp. 

 Carpodacus erythrinus {Pall.). 



Fringilla ervthriua, Thi'cn. Fortp/hmz. yes. Voff. p. 416, tab. xxxv. 



tig. 3, a, b {1845-54). 

 Carpi idacus erythrinus, Baedekei\ Eier Eur. Voff. tab. 20. lig. 12 



(1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 75 (1871) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 



2nd ed., iv. p. 1, pi. (1875); Seeliohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 4(), pi. 12 



(1884); Sharpo, Cat. Birds B. M. xn. p. 391 rl888) [part.]; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Siber. Orient p. 659 (1891) ; Seebohm, Eggs Brit. 



Birds, p. 235, pi. 56. fig. 9 (1896) ; Reij, Eter T'ot/. Mitteleuroj). p. 337, 



pi. 41. figs. 9-12 (1900); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 321 



(1902) [part.]; Jovrd. Eggs Europ. 5m/s, p. 72. pi. 9. figs. 9-12 



(1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 2(13 (1908). 

 Carpodacus er\thrina er\ thrina, ILirtert, I'm/. Pal. Fami. pt. i. p. 106 



(1903). 



Eggs of the Scarlet E,osc-Einch are of a pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of glo.ss. They are of a clear blue 

 colour, marked, almost entirely at the broad end, witli specks and 

 spots of dark chocolate-brown. Some specimens are also marked 

 at the large end with a few spots and blotches of lilac. Occasionally 

 the markings are extremely line and hair-like, and sometimes they 

 are somewhat large and tend to form a zone or a small cap at the 

 broad end. Thej' measure from "7 to '86 in length, and from '53 

 tn •() in breadth. 



1. lieval. Bnltic Provinces, 14th June Sech'ihin Coll. 



(liusSdW). 



4. Sav!i, Khenish Provs., Germany, W. Radclifie Saunders. Esq. 

 ■]2th Ahiy. [P.]. 



