CAUPODACUS. — LOXIA. 1S6 



The eggs of the San Cleraeute Kose-Finch are of a blunt oval form 

 and almost devoid of gloss. Tiiey are pale bluish-green, very 

 sparingly speckled at the broad end with black and lilac. Four 

 examples measure respectively : '~'A by '57 ; '7 by "oS ; '7 

 by "53 ; '72 by 'oo. 



4. Santa Oiiiz Island, Santa liarljara Salvin-Gudmau Coll. 

 Islands, 8. California, 8th May 

 {R. H. Beck). 



Carpodacus amplus, liidijuay. 



(Plate X. fig. 22.) 



Carpodacus amplus, Bnjant, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci. no. 6. p. 293 (1887) ; 

 S/iarpe, Cat. Binh B. M. xii. p. 424 (1888); Ridyiv. Birch North 

 ^- Middle Amer. i p. 142 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 266 (1908). 



Six eggs of the Guadalupe Rose-Finch are of a regular oval form 

 and moderately glossy. They are pale bluish-green, sometimes 

 plain, sometimes marked at the broad end with a few minute 

 blackish specks. They measure from -8 to '82 in length, and from 

 •() to -62 in breadth. 



0. Guadalupe Island, Lower Cali- A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.]. 

 fornia, 24th March. 



Genus PROPASSER, Ilo'hjs. 



Propasser tliui*a, Bonap. 6f iSchl. 



(Plate X. fig. 12.) 



Carpodacus thura. Sharpe, Vat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 425 (1888) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 327 (1902). 

 Propii-sser tlinra, Gates, Fauna Brit. Lid., Birds, ii. p. 213 (1890): id., 



ed. Hume, Nests S,- B^r/s Lid. Birch, ii. p. 152 (1890) ; iSharpe, 



Hand-l. V. p. 2U6 (1908). 

 Carpodacus thura thura, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 101 (1903). 



An egg of the White-browed Rose-Finch is of a greenish-blue 

 colour, marked with a few brown specks at the broad end. Ii is of 

 a regular oval shape, moderately glossy, and measures "89 by "61. 



1. Darjiling, Sikhini, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus LOXIA, Linn. 

 Loxia curvirostra, Linn. 



Loxia curvirostra, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Toi/. tab. xxxvi. fig. 18, n-c 

 (1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vcig. tab. 20. tig. 8 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 212, pi. liv. figs, ii _& iii (1856) ; 

 U'heehvrighl, A Spring S)- Summ. in Lap/, p. 301 (1871) ; iJresser, 



