ADDENDA. 333 



Nest. — Composed of mud, mixed with grass and straw, the 

 lining consisting of dry grass and feathers. In England the 

 nest is generally built on a beam or rafter, which serves as a 

 support to it, but on the Continent it is mostly built in the 

 same way as that of the House-Martin, against a wall or a 

 beam, while the bird is also sometimes noticed building against 

 cliffs. 



Eggs — From four to six in number, varying a good deal ii 

 size and shape, some being much longer than others. Ground- 

 colour creamy or china-white, spotted with reddish or purplish- 

 brown, with underlying spots of violet-grey intermixed, the 

 large end being often clouded, but seldom a ring of spots being 

 found. Occasionally the blotches and spots are much lighter 

 and even greenish-brown in colour. Axis, 075-0*85 inch; 

 diam. ; o'5-o*6. 



ADDENDA. 



Page 30. Genus chloris. 



The name chloris being preoccup'ei in Botany, that of 

 Ligurinus of Koch must be employed for the Greenfinch. 



Page 31, line 6 from top. Chloris chloris should be 

 Ligurinus chloris. 



Page 48. Before "The Sparrows," insert : — 



VI. COUES' REDPOLL. CANNABINA EXILIPES. 



ALgiothus exilipes, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad., 1861, p. 385. 

 Acanthis exilipes^ Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus., xii., p. 254 (1^88). 

 Linota hornemanni (nee. Holboell), Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B , 

 pt. xxx. (1895). 



Adult. — Very similar to the Mealy Redpoll, but distinguished 

 by its purer colour, and by having the rump pure white, with a 

 rosy tinge, not streaked as in the Mealy Redpoll. Bill, 

 orange-yellow ; the culmen and tip of the genys blackish ; feet 

 blackish-brown; iris dark brown. Total length, 5 inches; 

 culmen, 0-4; wing, 3-0; tail, 2*3; tarsus, 0*55. 



The changes of plumage are similar to those undergone by 

 the Mealy Rtdpoll. 



