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but rather larger. They measure from ‘71 to *72 in length, and 
from ‘51 to *52 in breadth. 
2. Altai Mts., 3rd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
ERs 
2. Altai Mts. (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Kuldja, Mongolia, 5th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Hsq. 
EPs 
2. Kuldja, 5th June. Crowley Bequest. 
5. Astrabad, N. Persia, 8th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(Pap 
Genus SPINUS, Koch. 
Spinus xanthogaster (Du Bus). 
Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Sel. § Salv. P. ZS. 1879, p. 508. 
Chrysomitris xanthovaster, Salv. § Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 
p- 430 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 209 (1888) ; Nehrk. 
Rat. Eiersammi. p- 107 (1899). 
Spinus xanthogaster, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 105 
(1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 280 (1908). 
Eggs of Bryant’s Siskin are of a pointed oval shape, and without 
gloss. They are pale green, speckled with deep reddish-brown and 
underlying hlae, thickly at the broad, aes and sparingly elsewhere. 
Four measure respectively : “67 by 49'= “69 by 45; -67 by 52; 
and ‘67 by °d. 
1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 
2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Colombia (7. A. Salmon). 
2. Santa Elena (7. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Spinus atratus (D’Orb. § Lafr.). 
(Plate X. fig. 2.) 
Chrysomitris atrata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 212 (1888). 
Spinus atratus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 
An egg in the Collection, said to be that of the Black Siskin, is of 
a regular oval shape and almost without gloss. It is pale greenish- 
white, finely spotted over the entire shell with yellowish-brown and 
lilac-grey. This egg, if correctly identified, is of a different type 
from those of the allied species. It measures °81 by °6. 
1. Tumbez, Peru. Crowley Bequest. 
Spinus spinus (Lini.). 
Fringilla spinus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 399, tab. xxxy. 
fig. 14, a, 6, ¢ (1845-54); Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 198, 
pl. ]. fig. ii (1856) Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 92, pl. 12 (1884) ; 
id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 242, pl. 56. fig. 18 (1896). 
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