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FRINGILLIDJ!. 



few minute black mai'kiiig.s about the lari^er end. They measure 

 from -78 to "8 in length, and from '5 to '52 in breadth. 



4. Rouse Co., Colorado, U.S.A., W. Iladcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



24th May (K. R. Christie). [P.]. 



Carpodacus mexicanus (P. L. S. M'uU). 



Carpodacus mexicanu.s, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 422 (1888) 



Sharpe, Hund-l. v. p. 265 (1908). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus mexicanus, Ridyw. Birds of North 4" Middle 



Amer. i. p. 131 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Mexican Rose-Finch resemble those of C. pur- 

 jnireus described above. Tliey measure respectively -72 by -56 and 

 •75 by -5.5. 



2. South-east Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus frontalis {Say). 



Carjiodacus frontalis, Baird, Brewer i§- Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 46.5 

 (1874); Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 107' (1874); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 420 (1888); ISehrk. Kat. Eiersmmnl. p. Ill (1899) ; 

 Shavpe, Hund-l. v. p. 205 (1908). 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontidis, Ridyw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 137 (1901). 



Eggs of the Crimson-fronted Rose-Finch are pale bluish-white, 

 speckled and spotted, but almost entirely at the broad end, with 

 deep chocolate-brown. One of the specimens in the Collection is of 

 a narrow, pointed oval shape ; another is of a broad, blunt oval 

 form. They measure from "72 to -8 in length, and from -5 to -.58 

 ill breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salviu-Godmau Coll. 



2. Calliormn (T. M. Brewer : Iris- Salviii-Godman Coll. & 



tra77i Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. California. Crowley Bequest. 



2. San Francisco, California ( T. Ilej)- hi. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



burn). 



8. San Diego, California, 5th May W. RadclifEe Saunders, Esq. 



(M. Belden). [P.]. 



2 San Diego. W. RadcliU'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Tucson, Arizona. Crowley Bequest. 



]. Texus (Neh7-korn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus dementis, Meams. 



Carpodacus dementis, 3Iearns, Auk, xv. p. 258 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. 



V. p. 266 (1903). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus dementis, Ridyw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. i. 



p. 140 (1901). 



