The Oologists' Record, December i, 1922. 85 



Eophona melanura (Gtn.). Black-headed Hawfinch, i single. 



This is a very pretty egg, the markings recalling those of the 

 European Hawfinch and of Perissospiza. The ground colour is 

 greenish and the markings are almost entirely in the form of a ring 

 round the large end. Mr. Bickerton found this egg some years 

 ago near Shanghai. 



Hesperiphona montana {Ridg.). Western Evening Grosbeak, c/2. 

 This rare egg is best described as being like some types 

 of the Hawfinch, but with the ground colour more green and with 

 less of the wriggly lines, though the markings are by no means 

 numerous and they are almost confined to the larger end. 



Coccothraustes coccothraustes {Linn.). Hawfinch. A fine series. 

 ,, japonicns{Temm. and Sch.). Japanese Hawfinch, c/3. 



The very interesting set of the Japanese species was laid in 

 Mr. Shore Baily's aviaries. Rather elongated, two of them closely 

 resemble eggs of the Yellow Hammer (Emberiza citrinella), being 

 marked almost all over with wriggly lines, while the third egg has, 

 in addition to such lines, a few Hawfinch-like markings also. 



Pheucticus aureiventris {D'Orb. and Lafr.). c/2. 



These might be described as very much like the eggs of the 

 Black-headed Grosbeak of California, but with a few purplish 

 markings overlaid on the large end in the form of a cap. 



Zamelodia ludoviciana {Linn.). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Series. 



,, melanocephala {Swains.). Black-headed Grosbeak. Series. 



Guiraca caenilea {Linn.). Blue Grosbeak, c/4. 



,, laziila {Less.). Western Blue Grosbeak, c/3. 

 Cyanocompsa argentina {Sharpe). 5/2. ., . 



* As in so many South American species of finch, two seems to 

 be the full clutch. These eggs are somewhat varied as between set 

 and set, but the two eggs in each set are very similar. Some are 

 marked all over with reddish, like the eggs of the common Towhee, 

 others are marked with larger, distinct spots of reddish, which 

 form a cap at the larger end, and others, again, with large blotches 

 of two shades like some eggs of the Fox Sparrows but without 

 much, if any, green in the ground colour. 



Oryzoborus torridus {Scop.). Curio (Brazil). 2/2. 



These few eggs make one long for a series, for they are most 



* Unless the context indicates otherwise, the notes refer always to the 

 previously named species. 



