175 



Fringilla canariensis, Vieill. 



Fringilla canariensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 3/. xii. p. 177 (1888) ; id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Fringilla tintillon, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 307 (1902). 

 Fringilla ccelebs canariensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 129 (1904). 



Eggs of the Canarian Chaffinch, resemble those of the common 

 type of F. coelebs in all particulars. 



3. Canary Islands (Dr. A. C. Stark). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Orotava, Tenerife (Ramon Gomez). Crowley Bequest. 



Fringilla spodiogenys, Bonap. 



Fringilla spodiogena, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, 



p. 152 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 13 (1873). 

 Fringilla spodiogenys, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 177 (1888); 



Koenig, J.f. 0. 1890, p. 277 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 309 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds 



Tunis, i. p. 214 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 220 (1908). 

 Fringilla ccelebs spodiogenys, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 127 



(1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 84 (1906). 

 Fringilla coelebs africana, Levaill. ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 127 (1904). 

 Fringilla africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Eggs of the Algerian Chaffinch resemble those of the common 

 type of F. ccelebs. They measure from -8 to *86 in length, and 

 from '6 to *61 in breadth. 



2. Algeria, 12th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



1. Algeria, 6th May (H. B. Tristram). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Near Algiers, June (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Near Algiers, May (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Tunis. Mr. L. Fraser [C.]. 



4. Gafsa, Tunis, 19th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 413, tab. xxxvi. 

 fig. 6, a-e (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 2 (1855- 



p. 96, pi. 13 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 178 (1888) ; 

 Seebohm,Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 243, pi. 57. fig. 1 (1896) ; JRey, Eier 



Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 330, pi. 39. figs. 9-16 (1900); Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 311 (1902) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. 

 p. 396, pi. xi. figs. 25-30 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 

 p. 130 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 85, pi. 10. tigs. 9-16 

 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Many of the eggs of the Brambling are quite inseparable from 

 the common type of egg of F. coelebs. Others resemble the eggs of 



