HESPERIPHONA.—COCCOTHRAUSTES, ae 
lying spots and lines of pale violet-grey. They vary from ‘89 
to 1-0 in Jength, and from 68 to *73 in breadth. 
3. Chin-kiang, China, 29th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 
4, Chin-kiang, 29th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 
1. Chin-kiang, 10th June. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C. |}. 
Genus HESPERIPHONA, Bonap. 
Hesperiphona montana, Ridgw. 
(Plate IX. fig. 1.) 
Hesperiphona vespertina, var. montana, Ridgw. in Baird, Brewer § 
Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 449 (1874). 
Coccothraustes vespertina, Swinburne, Auk, v. p. 118 (1888). 
Hesperiphona vespertina, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 82 (1888). 
Tlesperiphona vespertina montana, Ridyw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
i. p. 41 (1901). 
Hesperiphona montana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 193 (1908). 
Four eggs of the Montana Grosbeak are of a bread or mode- 
rately broad oval form, and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 
very pale blue, with spots and small blotches of pale brown and 
lilac-brown distributed all over the shell, but, usually, most 
numerous round the larger end. They measure from ‘95 to 1-0 in 
length, and from °66 to -77 in breadth. 
4, Alameda Co., California, 16th June Crowley Bequest. 
(J. J. Burrows). 
Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES, Brisson. 
Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linn.). 
Fringilla coccothraustes, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 419, tab. xxxvi. 
tig. 2, a—c (1845-54). 
Coccothraustes vulgaris, Baedeker, Lier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 1 
(1855-65) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 205, pl. lii. figs. i 
& ii (1856); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220; Dresser, Birds Eur. 
lil. p. 575 (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 57, pl. 13 (1884); 
id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 237, pl. 56. figs. 5 & 8 (1896) ; Dresser, 
Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 287 (1902). 
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 36 
(1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899); Rey, Ever Vog. 
Mitteleurop. p. 3385, pl. 41. figs. 18-22 (1900); Whitaker, Birds 
Tunis. i. p. 200 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 44, pl. 9. 
figs. 18-22 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 199 (1908). 
Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. 
pt. i. p. 55 (1908). 
The eggs of the Hawfinch are usually of a broad and pointed 
oval shape, but some are quite pyriform. They possess a large 
amount of gloss, and are of two types. In the commonest, they 
