ERYTHKOSPIZA. 195 



Erytlir. spiza obsoleta, Radde $ Walter, Ornis, v. p. 25 (1889). 

 Bucanetes obsoletus, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 330 (1902) : 

 td., Ibis, 1904, p. 108, pi. iii. figs. 4-6. 



Five eggs of the Persian Desert-Bullfinch are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are pale blue, 

 sparingly marked, chiefly towards the larger end, with isolated 

 purplish-black spots and dots. They vary from '7 to '71 in length, 

 and from *53 to -54 in breadth. 



6. Mem, Syria, 29th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Genus EEYTHROSPIZA, Bonap. 



Erythrospiza githaginea (Licht.). 



Bucanetes githagineus, Baedeker, Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 76. fig. 13 (1855- 

 63) ; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alyer., Ois. i. p. 164 (1867). 



Erythrospiza githaginea, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 294 ; Dresser, Birds 

 Enr. iv. p. 85 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 284 (1888) 

 [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 108 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 329 (1902) [part.] ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 220 

 (190-5); Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 68, pi. 26. fig. 6 (1906) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 242 (1909). 



Carpodacus githagineus, Bree, Birds Enr. iv. p. 13 (1875). 



Erythrospiza githaginea githaginea, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 88 

 (1903). 



Eggs of the Trumpeter Bullfinch are of a pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are pale blue, marked, almost entirely at the 

 broad end, with specks of deep chocolate-brown and grey. They 

 vary from '74 to -85 in length, and from -58 to '6 in breadth. 



1. Algeria (Loche). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. El Aghouat, Algeria (Loche : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Gabes, Tunis, llth May. W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



Erythrospiza amantum, Hartert. 

 Erythrospiza githaginea, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 329 (1902) 



Erythrospiza githagiuea amantum, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 89 



(1903). 

 Erythrospiza amantum, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 242 (1909). 



Eggs of the Canarian Bullfinch are similar to those of Rhodospiza 

 obsoleta and E. githayinea, some being marked with purplish-black, 

 others with chocolate-brown and grey. They vary from -7 to *79 

 in length, and from -52 to *61 in breadth. 



4. Tenerife, Canary Islands. W. RadcliRe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Fuertaventura, Canary Islands, W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



13th March (R. Gomez). [P.]. 



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