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marked very sparingly, and almost entirely at the broad end, with 

 brown or black. Some specimens are marked, also at the broad 

 end, with underlying grey or pale lilac. They measure from '67 to 

 72 in length, and from '52 to '54 in breadth. 



2. Simla, N.W. Himalaya, 25th Hume Coll. 

 Aug. (A. O. Hume). 



1. Kotgarh, N.W. Himalaya, 25th Hume Coll. 



April (A. O. //.). 



2. Kotgarh, 24th May (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus ASTRAGALINUS, Cab. 



Astragalinus tristis (Linn.). 



Clirysomitris tristis, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 471 

 (1874); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 195 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 



Astragalinus tristis tristis, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. p. 109 

 (1901). 



Astragalinus tristis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 233 (1908). 



The eggs of the American Siskin, or Yellow-bird, are without 

 gloss and of a uniform bluish-white colour. They appear to vary 

 much in size and shape. One specimen is of a blunt oval form and 

 measures '68 by *54 ; others are pointed ovals and measure, on the 

 average, *65 by '5. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Bangor, Maine, 29th May (T. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



Bailey). [P.]. 



5. West Newbury, New Hampshire, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



9th August (G. E. Oilman). [P.]. 



2. Massachusetts ( T. M. Brewer : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania ( C. /. Princeton University, N. J. 



Pennock). [E.J. 



Astragalinus pallidus (Mearns). 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer. i. p. Ill 



(1901). 

 Astragalinus pallidus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 234 (1908). 



Eggs of the Western Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those 

 of A. tristis. They measure from '6 to '62 in length, and from *48 

 to *49 in breadth. 



4. Tucson, Arizona, July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



