CABDURLIB. 



Genus CARDUELIS, Briss. 



Carduelis carduelis (Linn.}. 



Fringilla carduelis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. p. 407, tab. xxxv. 



fig. 9, a-c (1845-54). 

 Carduelis elegans, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vb'y. tab. 20. fig. 3 (1855-03) ; 



Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 23 ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 274 



(1902) [part.]. 

 Carduelis carduelis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 182 (1888) [part.] ; 



Reif, Eier Voy. Mitteleurop. p. 319, pi. 40. figs. 16-20 (1900) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 227 (1908). 

 Acantliis carduelis carduelis, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Fauna, pt. i. p. 67 



(1903). 

 Carduelis carduelis carduelis, Jourd. Egys Europ. Birds, p. 60, pi. 11. 



figs. 16-20 (1906). 



The eggs of the European Goldfinch are of a pointed oval shape, 

 and many are moderately glossy, while some are quite devoid of 

 gloss. The ground-colour varies from, bluish-white to pale 

 greenish-blue and is marked, chiefly over the broader half of the 

 egg, with specks, spots, and short lines, which vary in colour from 

 pinkish-brown to dark chocolate-brown. At the broad end there 

 are usually many spots and clouds of lilac, underlying the other 

 markings. The eggs measure from *62 to *71 in length, and from 

 48 to -53 in breadth. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, 5th May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 

 bohm Sf T. Kriiper). 



4. Parnassus, 6th May (H. S.fyT.K.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus, 7th May (H. S. $ T.K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Parnassus, 9th May (H. S. $ T. K.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Parnassus, oth June (H. S. $ T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Asia Minor (C. G. Danford). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Asia Minor, 27th April (C. G. D.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Syria. Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis britannica, Hartert. 



Fringilla carduelis, Hewitson, Eygs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 196, pi. 1. fig. i 

 (1856); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 87, pi. 12 (1884); id. Eyys of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 241, pi. 66. fig. 17 (189o). 



Acautlns carduelis britannicus, Hartert, Vb'g. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 68 

 (1903). 



Carduelis carduelis britannica, Jourd. Eyys Europ. Birds, p. 49 (1906). 



Carduelis britannica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. *p. 227 (1908). 



Eggs of the British form of the Goldfinch do not differ from 

 those of its Continental representative, described above. 



5. Co. Donegal, Ireland, 20th May. J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [P. 



4. Cappagh, Co. Waterfbrd, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



(It. J. Usslier}. 



5. Cappagh, 4th June (It. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 



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