180 



FKINGILLID^E. 



Chrysomitris spinus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 541 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 



p. 212 (1888) ; JRey, Eier Vog. Mittekurop. p. 321, pi. 40. figs. 21-25 



(1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 276 (1902). 

 Acanthia spinus, Hartert, Vog. Pal Faun. pt. i. p. 71 (1903). 

 Carduelis spinus, Jourd. Eyijs Europ. Birds, p. 52, pi. 11. figs. 21-25 



(1906). 

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



Eggs of the Siskin are typically of a pointed oval form and very 

 slightly glossy. They are bluish-white, speckled and blotched, 

 more thickly over the broad end than elsewhere, with pale rufous 

 and underlying lilac. The majority of the specimens are marked in 

 addition, and almost entirely at. the broad end, with a few specks 

 and lines of deep chocolate-brown or black, and are not separable 

 from the eggs of the Goldfinch. They measure from *6 to '72 in 

 length, and from -45 to -53 in breadth. 



4. Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 22nd April 



(Allan Ellison). 

 4. Scotland. 

 4. Ross-shire. 



4. Scotsburn Wood, Ross-shire 



(J. Hancock). 



5. West Ross-shire, 26th April 



(W. Stirling). 

 5. West Ross-shire, 26th April 



(W.S.). 

 5. Balnagown, Ross-shire, 30th May 



(A. McDonald). 



5. Balnagown, June (J. Hancock: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Elvedon, Suffolk, June. 

 3. Hendon, Middlesex. 



6. Hornsey, Middlesex. 



1. Sweden (Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Stockholm, June (Tristram Coll.). 



4. West Gothland, Sweden, llth 



April. 



3. Esthonia, Baltic Provs., 10th May 

 (Russow). 



2. Reval, Baltic Provs. (Russow). 



5. Mark Brandenburg, 14th June. 



5. Harz Mts., 17th May. 



6. Issyk Kul, Turkestan, 3rd June. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Gcdman Coll. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godrnan Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.I. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radclitte Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus citrinellus (Linn.). 



Fringilla citrinella, Thien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Vog. p. 402, tab. xxxv. 



tig. 16, , b (1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. iii. p. 106, pi. (1867) ; id., 



torn. cit. 2nd ed. iv. p. 30, pi. (1875). 



Citrinella alpina, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voff. tab. 20. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 Chrysomitris citrinella, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 535 (1877) ; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 230 (1888) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. 



