72 



Measure- Average of 65 eggs (25 in coll. Wasenius, 16 by the author, 11 by 



ments. Rgy^ gtc.) from Finland, Scandinavia, etc., 20.42 X 14.69 mm., Max. 

 23.2 X 14.8 and 21 X 16 mm., Min. 18 X 14.4 and 19.2 X 14 mm. Average 

 weight (11 eggs) 137 mg. (Rey). 



b. P. pyrrlmla rossikowi Derjugiu. 



Breeding Range: Transcaucasia and probably in the whole of the 

 Caucasus. 



[A very distinct form, Pyrrhida murina Godm. inhabits San Miguel 

 in the Azores, but is now on the verge of extinction. Eggs unknown.] 



30. Caucasian Rose-Finch, Carpoclacws rul)icilla (Griild.). 



Carpodaciis riibicilla (Giild.). Dresser, Birds of Europe, IV, p. 69; 

 id. Man. Pal. Birds, p. 319. C. ruhicilla riibicilla (Giild.). Hartert, Vog. 

 Pal. Fauna, p. 99. 



Breeding Range: The Caucasus range, where it is chiefly met with 

 in the higher valleys, frequenting the banks of the mountain streams. 

 Nesting habits not known, but the eggs probably resemble those of C. 

 ruhicilla severtzovi Sharpe, described and figured by Dresser in the Ibis 

 1904, p. 107, pi. Ill, fig. 1 and 3. They are of a beautiful blue colour, 

 sparingly spotted at the large end with black, and average (3 eggs) 

 23.86X17.1 mm. (coll. H. E. Dresser). 



[Rose Fiuch, Carpodacus roseus (Pall.). 



Carpodacus roseus (Pall.). Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, p. 324. C. rosea (Pall.). 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 105. 



Breeding Range: Siberia, from the Yenesei to Sakhalien. (Has once 

 been recorded from Hungary.) 



Czekanowski, who found this species nesting in the valleys of the R. Angara, 

 near Paduna, has given no details of its breeding habits. A clutch of 5 eggs in 

 Dresser s collection from the Upper Yenesei averages in size 20.62 X 15.1 mm., 

 Max. 21.2X15 and 20.3X15.4 mm., Min. 20X15 mm. These eggs are clear 

 pale blue, without spots.] 



81. Scarlet Rosefincli or Grrosbeak, Carpodacus erytliriniis (Pall.). 



Plate 9, fig. 9—12 (Moscow, 30. V. 83). 



Eggs: Thienemann, Fortpfl., Tab. IC, fig. 16, a. Baedeker, Tab. 20, 

 fig. 12. Taczanowski, Tab. LXVII, fig. 2. Seebohm, Brit. Birds, pL 12; 

 id. Col. Fig., pi. 56. 



Foreign Names: Bohemia: Hyl nidy. France: Boselin cramoisi. 

 Germany: Karmingimpel. Hungary: Karmazsin pirok. Italy: Verdone 

 bastardo. Poland: Oil dziivoni. Russia: Tschetscheiviza. Sweden: Rosen- 

 fink, Rddhdmpling. 



