MONTIFRINGILLA. 193 



1. Iceland ( W. Proctor: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.}. 



3. Iceland, May ( W. P. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Iceland, oth July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus MONTIFRINGILLA, Brehm. 



The eggs of all the species of this genus are more or less glossy 

 and pure white. 



Montifringilla nivalis (Linn.). 



Fringilla nivalis, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. p. 427, tab. xxxvi. fig. 7 



(1845-54) ; Bree, Birds Ear. 2nd e<l iv. p. 34, pi. (1875). 

 Montifringilla nivalis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. tig. 4 (1855- 



63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 617 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. 259 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 297 (1902) ; 



Jourd. Eggs Earop. Birds, p. 86 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 238 



(1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis nivalis. Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 132 



(1904). 



Eggs of the Snow-Finch are of a pointed oval form, and measure 

 from -91 to 1-02 in length, and from -6 to '71 in breadth. 



6. Simplon Pass, Switzerland, 30th Seebohm Coll. 



May. 



2. St. Gotthard, Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



4. St. Gotthard. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Airola, St. Gotthard, 19th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



rowley 



2. Lenk, Bernese Alps (Linden : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. Gemmi Pass, Bernese Alps (Linden: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Basses Alps, llth June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Montifringilla alpicola (Pall.). 



Montifringilla alpicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 260 (1888) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 298 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 238(1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis alpicola, Hartert. Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 133 



(1904). 



Four eggs of the Caucasian Snow-Finch measure from -88 to '89 

 in length, and from -61 to '62 in breadth. 



4. Caucasus Mountains, 19th May. W. RadcliS'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



TOL. V. 



