290 FRINGILLID®. 
Genus DIUCA, Reichend. 
Diuca diuca (Molina). 
(Plate XIII. fig: 9:) 
Diuea erisea, Sel. § Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 55 (1888) ; James, New List 
Chilian Birds, p. 2 (1892); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 18. 
Diuca diuca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 800 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. 
Iversammil. p. 119 (1899), p. 821 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 380 
(1909). 
The eggs of the Diuca Finch are of an elongated oval shape and 
have a considerable amount of gloss, They are pale green, spotted, 
mottled and streaked with dark brown and lavender-grey. Some 
specimens are so thickly marked that but little of the ground-colour 
is visible; others are distinctly spotted and blotched, and others 
again present a streaky appearance. They measure from ‘89 to 1:02 
in length, and from ‘66 to ‘7 in breadth. 
3. Chile. Old Collection. 
2. Chile. It. C. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 
1. Chile (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile. Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 
3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 
2. Valparaiso, Chile, 10th Oct. (LZ. Crowley Bequest. 
Fraser: Tristram Coll.), 
2. Rio Bueno, Chile, 9th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus RHODOSPINGUS, Sharpe. 
Rhodcspingus cruentus | Less.). 
Rhodospingus cruentus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 808 (1888) : 
Nehrk. Kat. Inersamml. p. 119 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 832 
(1909). 
An egg of the Red-crested Finch, laid in captivity, is of a short, 
rather wide, pointed oval form, somewhat glossy and pure white. 
It measures *69 by *55. 
1. Laid in captivity. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus PAROARIA, Bonap. 
Paroaria cucullata (Lath.). 
Fringilla cucullata, D’ Orb. Voy. dans l Amér. Mérid. iv. pl. 45. fig. 4 
(1835-44); Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 422, tab. xxxv. fig. 1 
(1845-54). 
Loxia cucullata, D’ Oro. t. ¢. pl. 50. fig. 4. 
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