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The eggs of the San Clemente Rose-Finch are of a blunt oval form 
and almost devoid of gloss. They are pale bluish-green, very 
sparingly speckled at the broad end with black and lilac. Four 
examples measure respectively: °73 by *57; ‘7 by °033 -°7 
by °53; °72 by °55. 
4. Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Islands, 8. California, 8th May 
(R. H. Beck). 
Carpodacus amplus, ltidgway. 
(Plate X. fig. 22.) 
Carpodacus amplus, Bryant, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sct. no. 6. p. 293 (1887) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 424 (1888); Redgw. Birds North 
&§& Middle Amer. i. p. 142 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 266 (1908). 
Six eggs of the Guadalupe Rose-Finch are of a regular oval form 
and moderately glossy. They are pale bluish-green, sometimes 
plain, sometimes marked at the broad end with a few minute 
blackish specks. They measure from °8 to “82 in length, and from 
*6 to *62 in breadth. 
6. Guadalupe Island, Lower Cali- A. W. Anthony, Esq: [P.]. 
fornia, 24th March. 
Genus PROPASSER, Hodgs. 
Propasser thura, Bonap. & Schl. 
(Plate X. fig. 12.) 
Carpodacus thura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 425 (1888) ; Dresser, 
Man. Pal. Birds, pt.i. p. 827 (1902). 
Propasser thura, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 218 (1890): 2d., 
ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 152 (1890); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 266 (1908). 
Carpodacns thura thura, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 101 (1903). 
An egg of the White-browed Rose-Finch is of a greenish-blue 
colour, marked with a few brown specks at the broad end. It is of 
a regular oval shape, moderately glossy, and measures “89 by “61. 
1. Darjiling, Sikhim, Ist Aug. Hume Coll. 
Genus LOXIA, Linn. 
Loxia curvirostra, Linn. 
Loxia curvirostra, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voy. tab. xxxvi. fig. 18, a-e 
(1845-54); Baedeker, Kier Eur. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 
Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 212, pl. liv. figs. ii & ii (1856) ; 
Wheelwright, A Spring & Summ. in Lapl. p. 301 (1871); Dresser, 
