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species, are of a rather pointed oval shape. One is greyish-white 
and the other greenish-white, and both are unspotted. They 
measure respectively *7 by ‘52 and °71 by °55. 
2. South America. Old Collection. 
2. [South America. | Crowley Bequest. 
Spinus ictericus (Licht.). 
Chrysomitris magellanica, Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 30. 
Chrysomitris icterica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B, M, xii. p. 217 (18883); Sel. 
&§& Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 64 (1889); Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 197 ; 
Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 
iv. p. 218 (1900). 
Spinus ictericus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 231 (1508). 
The eggs of the Black-headed Siskin are of a regular oval form, 
devoid of gloss, and of a plain bluish-white colour. They measure 
from °65 to 68 in length, and from -49 to 51 in breadth. The 
eggs of this species are ‘said to be sometimes spotted. 
2. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C. ]. 
Spinus notatus (Du Bus). 
Chrysomitris notata, Salv. §& Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 1. p. 428 
(1886) ; Nehrk. Kat, Eiersammi. p. 107 (1899). 
Spinus notatus notatus, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. i. p. 102 
(1901). 
Spinus notatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 232 (1908). 
The two eggs of the Mexican Black-headed Siskin are of a pale 
bluish-white colour, entirely devoid of markings. One is of a 
rather blunt oval shape, the other more pointed, and both are devoid 
of gloss. They measure respectively *60 by -42 and °58 by ‘44. 
Probably the eggs described by Nehrkorn as being of this species 
have been wrongly identified: they are apparently much too large 
(19 by 123 mm.), 
2, Mexico. Gould Coll. 
Genus HYPACANTHIS, Cad. 
Hypacanthis spinoides ( Viz.). 
Chrysomitris spinoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 201 (1888) ; 
Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 277 (1902). 
Hypacanthis spinoides, Oates, Fauna Bre. Ind., Birds, ti. p- 231 (1890) ; 
ad., ed. Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 156 (1890) ; Sharpe, 
Hand- l. v. p. 233 (1908), 
Acanthis spinoides, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 73 (1903). 
Vggs of the Himalayan Siskin are of a regular oval shape and 
slightly glossy. ‘They are very pale green, speckled and otherwise 
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