28S FRlKGILLir^. 



Genus PSEUDOCHLORIS, Shca-j^e. 

 Pseudochloris uropygialis {D'Orh. 4- Lajr.). 



Paeudochloi'is uropygialis. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 77G (1888) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersnmml. p. 119 (1899) ; Sliarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 325 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Grey-backed Seed-Finch is of a regular, rather 

 pointed, oval form, and very slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 pale bluish-white speckled all over with brown and grey, the markings 

 being rather more numerous round the larger end. It measures 

 •83 by -6. 



1. Peru {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Becjuest. 



Pseudochloris aureiventris {Fhilqqn 4' Landb.). 



Pseudoclilori.* aureiventris, iS/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 777 (1888) ; 

 James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 2 (1892) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 325 (1909). 



The eggs of the Yellow-bellied Seed-Finch are of a regular oval 

 shape and slightly glossy. They are white, sparingly speckled on 

 the broader half of the shell with chestnut-brown and lilac. Six 

 examples measure from '7 to 'To in length, and from -54 to -58 in 

 breadth. 



These eggs are of a totally different type to that referred to 

 P. uropygialis. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley .Tames Coll. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus PHRYGILUS, Cab. 



Phrygilus gayi {Eijdoux 4' Gervuis). 



Phrygilus gayi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 781 (1888) ; Gosse, in 

 ~ Fitzqer aid's Hiyhest Andes, App. C, p. 347 (1899) ; Sharpe, Haind-l. 

 V. p." 326 (1909;. 



Three eggs of Gay's Finch resemble those of P. melanoderus. 

 They are greenish-blue, spotted and speckled with dull chestnut- 

 brown and lilac-grey. They measure respectively : -82 by -63 

 •8 by -63 ; -8 by -65. 



3. Puente del Inca, Andes E. A. Fitzgerald, Esq. [P.]. 



(P. if. Gosse). 



