4. Shifnal, Shropshire, 4th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Epsom, Surrey, 17th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Keigate, Surrey, 22nd May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



3. Oare, Faversham, Kent, 23rd May W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



(H. T. Sooth). [P.]. 



4. Near Selling, Kent, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Alton, Hants. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Alresford, Hants, May. Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis parva, Tschusi d x Serinus canaria (Linn.) $ . 



Pour eggs laid by the Canary are of a rather broad, somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is 

 pale greenish-white, rather faintly and finely mottled all over with pale 

 rufous and purplish-grey. They measure from -68 to '7 in length, 

 and -5 in breadth. 



4. [ Madeira.] 2nd April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Carduelis africana, Hartert. 



Carduelis elegans, Sakin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220. 

 Acanthis carduelis africanus, Hartert, Vdg. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 69 



(1903). 



Carduelis carduelis, Whitdker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 191 (1905). 

 Carduelis carduelis africana, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 51 (1906). 

 Carduelis africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 228 (1908). 



Eggs of the Iberian Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those of 

 the European form. They vary from '62 to '7 in length, and from 

 5 to '52 in breadth. 



5. Setubal, Portugal, 6th May. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 



mento [P.]. 

 5. Colmenar, S. Spain, 15th June Seebohm Coll. 



(If. Saunders: Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Malaga, S. Spain, 19th May (H. S. ; Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 4. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, 12th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 

 1. Ain Djendeli, 13th May (H. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 

 1 . Ain Dj endeli, 18th May (H. B.T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis orientalis (Eversm.). 



Acanthis caniceps orientalis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 70 



(1903). 

 Carduelis orientalis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 229 (1908). 



Eggs of the Eastern Goldfinch are similar to those of C. carduelis, 



