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Eremopteryx melanauchen (Cab.}. 



Pyrrhulauda meLanauchen, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 655 (1890) ; 



Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 343 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests 



$ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 248 (1890). 



Pyrrhulauda frontalis, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 79 (1902). 

 Eremopteryx melanauchen, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 187 (1908). 



Eggs of the Black-crowned Finch-Lark resemble those of E. grisea, 

 but appear to have a purer white ground and, as a rule, the 

 markings are coarser and better-defined. They measure from *69 to 

 81 in length, and from *5 to *6 in breadth. 



27. Eastern Xarra, Sind (S. Doig). Hume Coll. 



]. Eastern Narra, 25th Aug. (S. D.). Hume Coil. 

 1. Eastern Narra, 27th Aug. (S. D.). Hume Coll. 



Eremopteryx. verticalis (Smith). 



Pyrrhulauda verticalis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 'p. 656 (1890) ; 



Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 195 (1900) ; Shelley. Birds Afr. 



iii. p. 83 (1902). 

 Eremopteryx verticalis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 186 (1908). 



Two eggs of the Grey-backed Einch-Lark are perfectly similar 

 to those of E. australis. They measure respectively *68 by *5 

 and -7 by *5. 



2. Ondonga, Ovampoland, 31st March Crowley Bequest. 

 (C. J. Andersson: Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Family FEINGILLID^. 



Genus LIGURINUS, Koch. 



Ligurinus chloris (Linn.}. 



Fringilla chloris, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 409, tab. xxxvi. fig. 4, a-c 



(1845-54) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 74, pi. 12 (1884) ; id., Eggs 



of Brit. Birds, p. 239, pi. 56. fig. 13 (1896). 



Chlorospiza chloris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 1 (1855-63). 

 Coccothraustes chloris, Heioitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 204, pi. Iii. 



fig. i (1856). 

 Ligurinus chloris, Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 219; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. 



p. 567 (1875) ; Key, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 315, pi. 39. figs. 17-21 



(1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, pt. i. p. 283 (1902) [part.] ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 196 (1908). 

 Chloris chloris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 21 (1888) [part.] ; Jourd. 



Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 46, pi. x. figs. 17-21 (1906). 

 Chloris chloris chloris, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 61 (1903). 



The eggs of the Greenfinch are of a regular oval shape and 

 possess a fair amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from 



