IMIRTGIf.US. HAPLOSPIZV. 289 



Phrygilus melanoderus (Q»oj/ ^1" Guimard). 



(rkteXIII. figs. 2&1?.) 



:\relaiioaera tvpica, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 9o. 



I'liiTfjilus melanoderus, Ahh'df, Ibis, ISHl, p. lo3 : Scl. S;- SaliK ZooL Voi/. 



' Challoi'/i'r,'' ii. pt. viii. p. 100 (1880) ; Scl. t. c. p. loO; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 78(J (1888) ; id. Hand-l. v. p. 327 (1909) ; Nehrk. 



Kid. Eiersamml. p. 321 (1910). 



E2;g.s of tbe Falkland Islands' Finch are of a narrow oval forra 

 and somewhal. gloss}-. They ai'e light greenish-blue or dull greenish, 

 mottled and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac-grey ; the 

 markings, which are fairly numerous in some specimens and 

 more heavily marked in others, are generally densest on the broad 

 end. Specimens measure from "85 to 1 in length, and from "62 to 

 •QQ in breadth. 



4. Falkland Islands (C. a .4/.i!.o«)- Gould Coll. 



1. Falkland Islands {C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



Phrygilus alaudinus (KItfl.). 



Fringilla alaudina, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 113. 



Phrygilus alaudinus, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568 ; S/iarpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 793 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 



(1899) ; Shiirpe, Hand-l. v. p. 328 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Peruvian Lark-Finch are quite of the Bunting 

 type. They are of an ordinary oval form and moderately glossy. 

 The ground-colour is pinkish-grey, marked with specks, spots, small 

 blotches and short lines of chocolate-brown and smudges and clouds 

 of lavender-grey. The markings are not numerous and are chiefly 

 disposed over t he broader half of the egg. The specimens measure 

 respectively : -87 by -62 ; -88 by -m ;\nd -86 by -6. 



2. Peru {H. Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Arequipa, Peru, March [H. W. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus HAPLOSPIZA, Cah. 



Haplospiza unicolor, Cab. 



llaplospiza unicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. G26 (1888) ; id 

 Hund-l. V. p. 329 (1909); Nekrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 321 (1910). 



An egg believed to be that of Lichtenstein's Flinch is of a 

 pyriform shape, somewhat glossy and pure white. It measures -"o 

 , by -58. 

 ! 

 j 1- Brazil. Crowlev JJcquest. 



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