218 FRINGILLID&®. 
Genus SYCALIS, Bove. 
Sycalis flaveola ( Linn.) 
Syealis flaveola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 877 (1888); Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammil. p. 110 (1899); Euler, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 26 
(1900) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p 214 (19L0); Berlepsch & 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p, 27 (1902); Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 261 
(1908). 
Two eggs said to be those of the Yellow Seed-Finch are of 
a regular or slightly pointed oval form and faintly glossy. The 
ground-colour is pale greenish-white, very finely spotted all over 
with maroon-red and lilae-grey, the markings being concentrated 
towards the larger end and forming, in one specimen, especially, a 
rather strongly marked cap. They measure respectively -78 by °59 
and ‘8 by -6. 
2. [Brazil.] Crowley Bequest. 
Sycalis pelzelni, Sclater. 
(Plate X. fig. 9.) 
Sycalis pelzelni, Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 172; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
xii. p. 880 (1888) ; Sel. § Huds. Argent. Orn. 1. p. 66 (1889) ; Hol- 
land, Ibis, 1892, p. 197; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 (1899) ; 
Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 214 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 261 (1908). 
Eggs of Pelzeln’s Seed-Finch are of a pointed oval shape and 
nearly devoid of gloss. Those in the Collection are of two types. 
In one the ground is cream-colour, very thickly streaked and 
mottled all over with brown and greyish-brown. In a second 
the ground-colour is pale green, streaked and blotched, but not 
very densely, with brown and lavender-grey. ‘They measure from 
‘78 to *85 in length, and from ‘5 to ‘57 in breadth. 
3. South Brazil, Aug. (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.: Tristram Coll.). 
2. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 
4. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.}. 
2. Argentina, 28th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 
Sycalis arvensis, Aitél. 
Sycalis arvensis, Dalgleish, Proc. R. Phys, Soc. Edinb. viii. p. 84 (1883-5) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 382 (1888) ; James, New List Chilian 
Birds, p. 2 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 24; Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. 
p- 111 (1899) ; Lheriny, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 214 (1900); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 262 (1908). 
Sycalis luteola, Scl. § Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 69 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 
1892, p. 197. 
Eggs of the Misto Seed-Finch vary from a narrow to a broad 
oval shape and possess a moderate amount of gloss. They are 
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