178 FRINGILLID. 
4, Shifnal, Shropshire, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
ies. 
4. Epsom, Surrey, 17th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
peas 
5. Reigate, Surrey, 22nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
aE Al: 
3. Oare, Faversham, Kent, 25rd May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(H. T. Booth). [EP.i 
4, Near Selling, Kent, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
5. Alton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 
6. Alresford, Hants, May. Crowley Bequest. 
Carduelis parva, 7schusi ¢ x Serinus canaria (Linn.) 9. 
Four eggs laid by the Canary are of a rather broad, somewhat 
pointed oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 
pale greenish-white, rather faintly and finely mottled all over with pale . 
rufous and purplish-grey. They measure from °68 to 7 in length, } 
and °5 in breadth. 
4, |Madeira.] 2nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. | 
; pea 
Carduelis africana, Hartert. 
Carduelis elegans, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 518; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220. 
Acanthis carduelis africanus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 69 
(1903). 
Carduelis carduelis, Whitaker, Birds Tunis. i. p. 191 (1905). 
Carduelis carduelis africana, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 51 (1906). 
Carduelis africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 228 (1908). 
Eggs of the Iberian Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those of 
the European form. ‘They vary from ‘62 to ‘7 in length, and from 
*5 to ‘52 in breadth. 
5. Setubal, Portugal, 6th May. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 
mento [ P.]. 
5. Colmenar, 8. Spain, 15th June Seebohm Coll. 
(A. Saunders: Hargitt Coll.). 
4, Malaga,S. Spain, 19th May (1. S.; Seebohm Coll. 
Hargitt Coll.). 7 
4. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 12th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(O. Salvin). 
1. Ain Djendeli, 18th May (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram). 
1. Ain Djendeli, 18th May (7.B. 7.). Crowley Bequest. 
Carduelis orientalis (Zversm.). 
Acanthis caniceps orientalis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 70 
(1903). 
Carduelis orientalis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 229 (1908). 
Eggs of the Eastern Goldfinch are similar to those of C. carduelis, 
