LIGURINUS, tat 
Clutches containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 
4, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, 18th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
7 P 
May. eee 
3. Aldbury, Tring, Herts, 29th May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
CHORES): ele . 
Ligurinus auranteiventris, Cab. 
Ligurinus auranteiventris, Cab. Mus. Hein. pt. i. p. 158, note (1850) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 196 (1908). 
Chloris chloris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 21 (1888) [part. ]. 
Chloris chloris auranteiventris, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 
(1903). 
Ligurinus chloris auranteiventris, Whitaker, Birds Tunis. 1. p. 198 
(1905). 
Eggs of the North-African Greenfinch are perfectly similar in 
all respects to those of L. chloris. 
5. Setubal, Portugal, 26th April. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 
mento [ P.]. 
5. Malaga, Spain, 4th May (ZZ. Saun- Seebohm Coll. 
ders). 
5. Malaga, dth June (ZZ. S.). Seebohm Coll. 
Ligurinus chloroticus (Bonap.). 
Chlorospiza chlorotica, Tristram, Ibis, 1868, p. 206. 
Chloris chlorotica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 26 (1888); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammil. p. 104 (1899). 
Chloris chloris chlorotica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 (1908). 
Ligurinus chloroticus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 196 (1908). 
Eges of the Syrian Greenfinch are very similar to those of 
L. chloris. Specimens measure from ‘7 to °79 in length, and from 
56 to °6 in breadth. 
5. Safed, Palestine, 11th May (J. H. Seebohm Coll. 
Cochrane). 
4, Palestine (Zristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Palestine, 16th May (TZ7istram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
1. Palestine, 19th May (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
2. Palestine, 19th May (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Ligurinus sinicus (Linn.). 
Chloris sinica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 26 (1888) ; La Touche, 
Ibis, 1906, p. 650. 
Chlorospiza sinica, La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427. 
Chloris sinica sinica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 64 (1903). 
Ligurinus sinicus, Dresser, Man. Pal. birds, pt. i. p. 284 (1902) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 197 (1908). 
Seven of the eggs of the Chinese Greenfinch in the Collection are 
