PHRYGILUS.,—HAPLOSPIZA. 289 
Phrygilus melanoderus (Quoy §° Guimard). 
(Plate XIIT. figs. 2 & 3.) 
Melanodera typica, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 95. 
Phrygilus melanoderus, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 153; Sel. § Salv. Zool. Voy. 
‘ Challenger,’ ii. pt. viii. p. LOO (1880) ; Sel. t. c. p. 150; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 7386 (1888) ; td. Hand-l. v. p. 327 (1909); Nedrk. 
Kat, Liersammil. p. 321 (1910). 
Eggs of the Falkland Islands’ Finch are of a narrow oval form 
and somewhat glossy. They are light greenish-blue or dull greenish, 
mottled and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac-grey; the 
markings, which are fairly numerous in some specimens and 
more heavily marked in others, are generally densest on the broad 
end. Specimens measure from °85 to 1 in length, and from ‘62 to 
*66 in breadth. 
4. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 
1. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
Phrygilus alaudinus (A‘7tt/.). 
Fringilla alaudina, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 113. 
Phrygilus alaudinus, Sel. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 793 (1888); Nehrk. Kat, Eversamml. p. 119 
(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 328 (1909). 
Three eggs of the Peruvian Lark-Finch are quite of the Bunting 
type. They are of an ordinary oval form and moderately glossy. 
The ground-colour is pinkish-grey, marked with specks, spots, small 
blotches and short lines of chocolate-brown and smudges and clouds 
of lavender-grey. The markings are not numerous and are chiefly 
disposed over the broader half of the egg. The specimens measure 
respectively : -87 by °62; ‘88 by 66; and ‘86 by ‘6. 
2. Peru (H. Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll, 
1, Arequipa, Peru, March (H. W.: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
Genus HAPLOSPIZA, Cab. 
Haplospiza unicolor, Cab. 
Haplospiza unicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 626 (1888); 7d. 
Hand-l. v. p, 829 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 321 (1910). 
An egg believed to be that of Lichtenstein’s Finch is of a 
pyriform shape, somewhat glossy and pure white. It measures -75 
by °58. 
1. Brazil. Crowley Bequest. 
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