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156. Chionospina nivalis. 



This species is certainly found in the Sierra Nevada, but, so 

 far as I am aware, in no other locality. A botanist whose re- 

 searches had caused him to pass many months in that range, 

 assured me that near the snow-line it is abundant. 



157. Fringilla c(ELEBS. "Pinzon." 



Abundant in winter ; but I never could find its nest in spring. 



158. Fringilla montifringilla. "Montailes." 



In very hard winters, such as that of January 1868, Bramblings 

 are frequently brought into the market. 



159. LiGURiNUs chloris. " Verdon,^' and "Verderon." 

 Abundant in winter. 



160. LiGURINUS chloroticus. 



I have compared specimens of this species obtained in An- 

 dalucia with those collected by Dr. Tristram in Palestine [cf. 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 206) ; and finding that they correspond in every 

 respect, I follow Dr. Tristram in applying Lichtenstein's name 

 to the bird. It differs from the common Greenfinch in its much 

 smaller size, and in having the head and underparts of a more 

 brilliant yellow*. It arrives in March, and remains to breed. 



161. Chrysomitris citrinella. " Verdoncillo." 

 Common on the coast, amongst the orchards, in winter, 



retiring to the hills to breed. I took a nest with three eggs in 

 the precincts of the Alhambra, on the 4th of April 1869. 



162. LiNOTA CANNABiNA. " Camacho.^' 

 Abundant in winter. 



163. LiNOTA MONTIUM. 



I obtained one specimen at Murcia in November, but do not 

 think it can be abundant, as I never recognized it again. 



* [This species appears to have been first described by Bonaparte 

 Oonsp. i. p. 514, as Chlorospiza chlorotica, Licht. ex Ehrenb., witli the 

 following brief diagnosis : — Shmlts prsecedenti (i. e. C. chloris) ; vulde 

 minor ; pileo jicctorequeflavis : ex. As. occ. Mus. Berol. et Paris. See also 

 Cab. Mus. Ilciu. i. p. 158.— Ed.] 



