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lying spots and lines of pale violet-grey. They vary from '85 

 to 1/0 in length, and from *68 to *73 in breadth. 



3. Chin-kiang, China,, 29th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Chin-kiaug, 29th May. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [' 

 1. Chin-kiang, 10th June. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [ 



Genus HESPERIPHONA, Bonap. 



Hesperiphona montana, Ridgw. 



(Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Hesperiphona vespertina, var. montana, Ridgiv. in Baird, Brewer 8f 



Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 449 (1874). 

 Coccothraustes vespertina, Swinburne, Auk, v. p. 113 (1888). 

 Hesperiphona vespertina, Sharpe, Cat, Birds B. M. xii. p. 32 (1888). 

 Hesperiphona vespertina montana, RidtfW. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. 



i. p. 41 (1901). 

 Hesperiphona montana, Sharpe, Hand-L v. p. 193 (1908). 



Tour eggs of the Montana Grosbeak are of a broad or mode- 

 rately broad oval form, and slightly glossy. The ground-colour is 

 very pale blue, with spots and small blotches of pale brown and 

 lilac-brown distributed all over the shell, but, usually, most 

 numerous round the larger end. They measure from '95 to I/O in 

 length, and from '66 to *77 in breadth. 



4. Alameda Co., California, 16th June Crowley Bequest. 

 (J. J. Burrows). 



Genus COCCOTHRAUSTES, Brisson. 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linn.). 



Fringilla coccothraustes, Thie.n. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 419, tab. xxxvi. 



tig. 2, a-c (1845-54). 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 1 



(1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 205, pi. Hi. figs, ii 



& iii (1856) ; Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



iii. p. 575 (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 57, pi. 13 (1884); 



id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 237, pi. 56. figs. 5 & 8 (1896) ; Dresser, 



Man' Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 287 (1902). 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 36 



(1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 104 (1899) ; Rey, Eier Voq. 



Mitteleurop. p. 335, pi. 41. figs. 18-22 (1900); Whitaker, Birds 



Tunis, i. p. 200 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 44, pi. 9. 



figs. 18-22 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 199 (1908). 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. 



pt, i. p. 55 (1903). 



The eggs of the Hawfinch are usually of a broad and pointed 

 oval shape, but some are quite pyriform. They possess a large 

 amount of gloss, and are of two types. In the commonest, they 



