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but rather larger. They measure from 71 to *72 iu length, and 

 from '51 to '52 in breadth. 



2. Altai Mts., 3rd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[PI 



2. Altai Mts. (Nehrkorn Coll}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kuldja, Mongolia, 5th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esjq. 



[P.]. 



2. Kuldja, 5th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Astrabad, N. Persia, 8th May. W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus SPINUS, Koch. 

 Spinus xanthogaster (Du Bus). 



Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 508. 

 Chrysomitris xanthogaster, Salv. fy Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 430 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 209 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 

 Spinus xanthogaster, Itidaw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 105 



(1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



Eggs of Bryant's Siskin are of a pointed oval shape, and without 

 gloss. They are pale green, speckled with deep reddish-brown and 

 underlying lilac, thickly at the broad, end and sparingly elsewhere. 

 Pour measure respectively : -67 by '49 ; -69 by *48 ; '67 by -52 ; 

 and -67 by -5. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia ( T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Santa Elena (T. K. .). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Spinus atratus (UOrl. fy Lafr.}. 

 (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Chrysomitris atrata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 212 (1888). 

 Spinus atratus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



An egg in the Collection, said to be that of the Black Siskin, is of 

 a regular oval shape and almost without gloss. It is pale greenish- 

 white, finely spotted over the entire shell with yellowish-brown and 

 lilac-grey. This egg, if correctly identified, is of a different type 

 from those of the allied species. It measures -81 by *6. 



1. Tumbez, Peru. Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus spinus (Linn.'}. 



Fringilla spinus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. aes. Vog. p. 399, tab. xxxv. 

 fig. 14, a, b, c (1845-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 198, 

 pi. 1. fig. ii (1856); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 92, pi. 12 (1884); 

 id. Eyyl of Brit. Birds, p. 242, pi. oG. fig. 18 (1896). 



