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Owing to the fact that C. flammea rostrata also breeds in Greenland, 

 there is great uncertainly as to the authenticity of many Greenland eggs 

 in collections. Cobum reports having found this species breeding in Ice- 

 land [Zool. 1901, p. 407). 7 eggs taken by P. Nielsen at Akureyri certainly 

 appear too large for C. flammea islandica, averaging 18.08 X 13.4 mm. in 

 size (coll. H. J. Pearson). 27 eggs ascribed to this species from Greenland, 

 taken during the latter part of June, average 17.64x13.04 mm.. Max. 

 19X13 and 17.5X14 mm., Min. 15x12 mm. 



b. Coues' Redpoll, C. hornemaniii exilipes (Cones). See p. 63. 



35. Citril Fiucli, Carduelis citriiiella (L.). 

 Plate 10, fig. 22—26 (Switzerland). 



Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl., Tab. XXXV, fig. 16, a— b. Baedeker, 

 Tab. 20, fig. 4. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Perikava citronovd. France: Venturon 

 alpin, Serin de montagne. Germany: Zitronenzeisig, Zitronenfink. Italy: 

 Venturone, Lcgoi'in de montugna. Spain: Verdoncillo. 



Chrysomitris citrinella (L.). Dresser, Birds of Europe, III, p. 535; 

 id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 278. Acanthis citrinella citrinella (L.). Hartert, 

 Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 81. 



Breeding Range: The chief mountain systems of central and south 



Europe. 



Con- jjj Spain this bird breeds on the spurs of the S. Nevada, and Saunders 



Europe, records a nest from Granada (2200 ft.). It is also found in the Pyrenees 



up to about 6000 ft., and in the Vosges Mts., while in the upper valleys 



of the Alps and Jura it is widely distributed and not uncommon from 



2700 to 5400 and even 6000 ft. (Fatio). In Germany it breeds in the Schwarz- 



wald, and its range also extends to the Tyrol and Salzburg. According to 



Arrigoni the resident Italian birds probably belong to the next subspecies, 



and Reiser does not include include it in the Ornis balcanica (Vols. II, 



III, IV). [The older records of this species from Greece and Corfu probably 



refer to the Serin.] 



Nest The Citril Finch is a mountain haunting bird, and the nest is almost 



invariably built in a pine or other conifer, sometimes at a considerable 



height. It is neatly constructed of grass stalks, lichens and moss, with 



spiders' webs, fine roots or hair interwoven, and lined smoothly with hair, 



thistle down or feathers. Being usually placed at the extremity of a branch 



and partly concealed by the pine needles, it is not always easy to find. 



Eggs. 4 — 5 in number, and practically indistinguishable from those of several 



other species of this genus. The ground colour is perhaps more bluish 



