SPINUS CITRINELLA. 405 



^ 2165. Four. — Dunrobin, Sutherland, 14 May, 1851. 



My correspondent wrote : — " There can be no doubt as to the 

 certainty of the eggs, as the birds screamed and fluttered about the 

 lad when going up to the nest, and we saw them sitting on the same 

 twig with the nest, but not on the nest.'' A fifth e^g I gave to 

 Mr. J. D. Salmon, 7 March, 1853. 



[^ 2166. Ten. — Elvedeii (in confinement), 1851. 



AH these were the produce of a single bird, which, with her mate, built tlirea 

 nests ia succession (' Zoologist,' pp. 3707, 3708). j 



[§ 2167. jF/ye.— Scotsburn, Ross-shire, 1 May, 1859. From 

 Mr. John Hancock. 



These were received by Mr. Hancock from the captor of the Crossbills' nests 

 (§§ 2320-2326). The nest was in a spruce about hfty feet high.] 



SPINUS CITRINELLA (Linn^us). 

 CITRIL. 

 [§ 2168. Six.— Ymm M. Nager-Donazain, 1859.] 



[^ 2169. Tico. — Lucerne, Switzerland, 1 June, 1864. From 

 Herr Seidensacher, 1865.] 



[§ 2170. Four. — Urseren, Switzerland. From M. Nager- 

 Donazain, 1865.] 



[§ 2171. Five. — From Herr Seidensacher, through Mr. Dresser, 



1868.] 



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