I.KU'KIXCS. 



Clutches containing aii egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 



4. Babraliam, Cambridgeshire, 18th W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



-May. [P.]. 



3. Aldbury. Tring, Herts, 29th Mav W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(ir.R.S.).' [P.]. 



Ligurinus auranteiventris, Gab. 



Ligurinus auranteiveutris, Cab. Mus. Hem. pt. i. p. 158, note (1850) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. \. p. 196 (1908). 



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

 Chluris chloris auranteiventris, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 



(1903). 

 Ligurinus chloris auranteiventris, Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 198 



(1905). 



Eggs of the North -African Greenfinch are perfectly similar in 

 all respects to those of L. chloris. 



5. Setubal, Portugal, 26th April. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 



mento [P.]. 

 5. Malaga, Spain, 4th May (H. Saun- Seebohm Coll. 



ders). 

 5. Malaga, 5th June (H. &). Seebohin Coll. 



Ligurinus chloroticus (Bonap.). 



Chlorospiza chlorotica, Tristram, Ibis, 18(38, p. 206. 



Chloris chlorotica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 26 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899). 



Chloris chloris chlorotica, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 63 (1903). 

 Ligurinus chloroticus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 196 (1908). 



Eggs of the Syrian Greenfinch are very similar to those of 

 L. Moris. Specimens measure from '7 to *79 in length, and from 

 56 to -6 in breadth. 



5. Safed, Palestine, llth May (J. H. Seebohm Coll. 

 Cochrane). 



4. Palestine (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Palestine, 16th May ( Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Palestine, 19th May (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 '2. Palestine, 19th May (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Ligurinus sinicus (Linn.). 



Chloris sinica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 26 (1888) ; La Touche, 



Ibis, 1906, p. 630. 



Chlorospiza sinica, La Touche, His, 1892, p. 427. 

 Chloris sinica sinica, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 64 (1903). 

 Ligurinus sinicus, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 284 (1902) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 197 (1908). 



Seven of the eggs of the Chinese Greenfinch in the Collection are 



