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eases, blotched with rather bright reddish-brown and underlying 
purplish-grey. The markings are usually very dense at the broad 
end of the egg, where they often form a more or less well-defined 
cap. Two eggs of this species in the Collection are of abnormal 
size, measuring respectively °8 by -63; °83 by °67. Normal 
specimens measure from ‘64 to ‘8 in length, and from ‘5 to °67 in 
breadth. 
Campo of [.a Tala, Central Uru- Crowley Bequest. 
guay, 14th Nov. (22. Urquhait). 
bo 
5. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C. |. 
2. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. (C.]. 
2. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 
6. Chile. Old Collection. 
3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 
2. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 
5. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
5. Rio Bueno, Chile, 26th Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 
(A. Lane). 
1. Rio Bueno, 6th Feb. (A. Z.). Crowley Bequest. 
Genus CARPODACUS, Aap. 
Carpodacus erythrinus (/a/l.). 
Fringilla erythrina, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 416, tab. xxxv. 
fig. 3, a, 6 (1845-54), 
Carpodacus erythrinus, Baedeker, Hier Eur. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 12 
(1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 75 (1871); Bree, Birds Eur. 
2nd ed., iv. p. 1, pl. (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 46, pl. 12 
(1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 391 (1888) [part.]; Tacz. 
Faune Orn. Sibér. Orient. p. 659 (1891); Seebohm, Eggs Brit. 
Birds, p. 235, pl. 56. fig. 9 (1896); Rey, Ever Vig. Mitteleurop. p. 337, 
pl. 41. figs. 9-12 (1900); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 821 
(1902) [part.]; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 72, pl. 9. figs. 9-12 
(1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 263 (1908). 
Carpodacus erythrina erythrina, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 106 
(1903). 
Eges of the Scarlet Rose-Finch are of a pointed oval form and 
possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a clear blue 
colour, marked, almost entirely at the broad end, with specks and 
spots of dark chocolate-brown. Some specimens are also marked 
at the large end with a few spots and blotches of lilac. Occasionally 
the markings are extremely fine and hair-like, and sometimes they 
are somewhat large and tend to form a zone or a small cap at the 
broad end. They measure from ‘7 to ‘86 in length, and from ‘53 
to ‘6 in breadth. 
1. Reval, Baltic Provinces, 14th June Seebohm Coll. 
(Liussow). 
4, Sayn, Rhenish Provs., Germany, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Hsq. 
12th May. [P 
