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species, are of a rather pointed oval shape. One is greyish-white 

 and the other greenish-white, and both are unspotted. They 

 measure respectively '7 by -52 and -71 by -55. 



2. South America. Old Collection. 



2. [South America.] Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus ictericus (Licht.). 



Chrysomitris mageJlanica, Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 30. 



Chrysomitris icterica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 217 (1888) ; Scl. 



$ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 64 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 197 ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 



iv. p. 21.3 (1900). 

 Spin us ictericus, Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 231 (1S08). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Siskin are of a regular oval form, 

 devoid of gloss, and of a plain bluish-white colour. They measure 

 from '65 to '68 in length, and from *49 to '51 in breadth. The 

 eggs of this species are said to be sometimes spotted. 



2. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [0.]. 



3. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



Spinus notatus (Du Bus). 



Chryponritris notata, Salv. # Godm. Biol Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 428 



(1886) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 

 Spinus notatus notatus, Ridgiv. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. i. p. 102 



(1901). 

 Spinus notatus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 232 (1908). 



The two eggs of the Mexican Black-headed Siskin are of a pale 

 bluish-white colour, entirely devoid of markings. One is of a 

 rather blunt oval shape, the other more pointed, and both are devoid 

 of gloss. They measure respectively *80 by *42 and '58 by *44. 



Probably the eggs described by Nehrkorn as being of this species 

 have been wrongly identified : they are apparently much too large 

 (19 by 12 mm.). 



2. Mexico. Gould Coll. 



Genus HYPACANTHIS, Cab. 

 Hypacanthis spinoides ( Vig.). 



Chrysomitris spinoides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 201 (1888) ; 



"Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 277 (1902). 



Hypacanthis spinoides, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 231 (1890) ; 

 id., ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eygs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 156 (1890) ; Sharpe } 

 Hand-l. v. p. 233 (1908). 

 Acanthis spinoides, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 73 (1903). 



Eggs of the Himalayan Siskin are of a regular oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are very pale green, speckled and otherwise 



