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CARDUELIS. Le 
Genus CARDUELIS, Briss. 
Carduelis carduelis (Z2.). 
Fringilla carduelis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 407, tab. xxxv. 
fig. 9, a-c (1845-54). 
Carduelis elegans, Baedeker, Kier Eur. Voy. tab. 20. fig. 3 (1855-63) ; 
Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 23; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 274 
(1902) [part. }. 
Carduelis carduelis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M. xii. p. 182 (1888) [part.] ; 
Rey, Kier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 319, pl. 40. figs. 16-20 (1900) ; Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 227 (1908). 
Acanthis carduelis carduelis, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Fauna, pt. i. p. 67 
(1903). 
Carduelis carduelis carduelis, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 50, pl. 11. 
figs. 16-20 (1906). 
The eggs of the European Goldfinch are of a pointed oval shape, 
and many are moderately glossy, while some are quite devoid of 
gloss. The ground-colour varies from bluish-white to pale 
greenish-blue and is marked, chiefly over the broader half of the 
egg, with specks, spots, and short lines, which vary in colour from 
pinkish-brown to dark chocolate-brown. At the broad end there 
are usually many spots and clouds of lilac, underlying the other 
markings. ‘The eggs measure from *62 to -71 in length, and from 
-48 to ‘53 in breadth. 
5. Parnassus, Greece, 5th May (H.See- Seebohm Coll. 
bohm § T. Kriiper). 
4, Parnassus, 6th May (7.8. § 7. K.).  Seebohm Coll, 
5. Parnassus, 7th May (H. 8. § 7. K.).  Seebohm Coll. 
5. Parnassus, 9th May (H. S.§ 7. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
4, Parnassus, 5th June (/. 8S. § 7. K.). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Asia Minor (C. G. Danford). Seebohm Coll. 
3. Asia Minor, 27th April (C. G. D.). = Seebohm Coll. 
l. Syria. Crowley Bequest. 
Carduelis britannica, Hartert. 
Fringilla carduelis, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 196, pl. 1. fig. i 
(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 87, pl. 12 (1884); wd. Eyys of 
Brit. Birds, p. 241, pl. 56. fig. 17 (1896). 
Acanthis carduelis britannicus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 68 
(1903). 
Carduelis carduelis britannica, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p- 49 (1906). 
Carduelis britannica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 227 (1908). 
Eggs of the British form of the Goldfinch do not differ from 
those of its Continental representative, described above. 
5. Co. Donegal, Ireland, 20th May. J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [ P. 
4. Cappagh, Co. Waterford, 29th May Seebohm Coll, 
(&. J. Ussher). 
5. Cappagh, 4th June (R. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 
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