The Oologists' Record, December i, 192 1. 85 



The following measurements are interesting. 

 Measurements in millimetres sent me by the Rev. F. C. R. 

 Jourdain of some eggs I gave him, which were taken in 1918 and 

 1920 : — 



^wm^<? of 13 eggs measured ... ... ... 16-9 x 12-8 



Maxima. Minima. 



(L.) 19 X 13-2 (L.) 15-7 X 12-5 



(B.) 17 X 13-5 (B.) 17-5 X 12-3 



Average in inches of 48 eggs measured in 1918 ... -675 X -Si- 

 Maxima. Minima. 

 (L.) -74 X -52 (L.) -62 X -49 

 (B.) -69 X -34 (B.) -63 X -47 



In comparison to these latter figures, the minimum measure- 

 ments of Chloris c. chlorotica are : — 



(L.) -66 X -55 (B.) -67 X -53 



which are very decidedly shorter than the longest eggs of Chloris c. 

 niedecki. 



Palestine Linnet^Acanthis cannahina fringillirostris. 



A resident in the Judean Hills "which is very common in the 

 spring and summer, though I found nests by no means easy to find. 

 I never saw any specimens in the Coastal Plain either in winter or 

 summer, though I came across this bird on the hills round Nazareth 

 and in Carmel during March, 1920. 



As I only found a couple of nests containing eggs, I cannot say 

 much about their breeding habits. Nests were in thick, solitary, 

 thorny bushes 3 or 4 feet above the ground, on the open slopes of 

 the limestone hills 12 miles north-west of Jerusalem, and at a 

 height of about 2,300 feet above sea-level. 



A set of five eggs found on the 2nd June, 1918, was on the point 

 of hatching out, while another found on the 8th June contained but 

 a single new-laid egg. The nests were well concealed, and in the 

 case of the larger set (five eggs. I believe, being the normal clutch) 

 the bird sat tight and only left when the shrubby cover had been 

 Well shaken. The nests were large and chiefly composed of dead 

 grasses and bents, thickly lined with hair, sheep's wool and feathers. 

 The eggs do not differ from British specimens. Measurements in 

 inches are as follows : — 



