SERIN 2513 



Serinus icterus ( Vieill.}. 



chrysopyga, Anders*. Bird* Damnra-Ld. p. 1S2 (1872). 

 Crithagw ictera, Sharpe, ed. Lat/ard, Birds S. Africa, p. 484 (1875-84) 



R. B. # J. D. S. Woodward, Ibis, 1897, p. 411. 

 Serinus icterus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 356 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eier*amml. p. 110 (1899); Stark, Fanna S. Afr.. Birds, i. p. 173 



(1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 269 (1904)'; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 258 (1908). 

 Serinus butyraceus, Shettty, Birds Afr. iii. p. 193 (1902). 



Eggs of the Golden-rutnped Finch resemble the eggs of S. canicollis. 

 They measure from - 61 to '69 in leugrh, and from '46 to '51 in 

 breadth. 



1. [South Africa] (Nehrkorn Coll.}. .Crowley Bequest. 



3. Natal ( T. Ayres). Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



4. rnigcni River, Natal, 6th Dec. Major R. Sparrow [E.]. 

 1. Omapju, Damaraland, 5th Jan. (C. Crowley Bequest. 



J. Andersson : Tristram Coll.). 



Serinus serinus (Linn.). 



Fringilla serinus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. qes. Vog.^. 400, tab. xxxv. fig. 15, a-c 



(18^5-o4) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 25, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, 



Brit. Birds, ii. p. 8M, pi. 12 (1884) ; id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 240, 



pi. 56. fig. 16 (1896). 



Serinus flavescens, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 20. fig. 5 (1855-63). 

 Serinus meridionalis, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313. 

 Serinus hortulanus, Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220; Dresser, Birds Eur. 



iii. p. 549 (1875) ; id. Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 280 (1902). 

 Serinus serinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 368 (1888) ; Hey, Eier 



Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 316, pi. 40. figs. 26-30 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 259 (1908). 

 Serinus canaria serinus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 83 (1903); 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 65, pi. 11. figs. 26-30 (1906). 



The eggs of the Serin Finch resemble those of the Goldfinch so 

 closely that no separate description of them is necessary. They 

 measure from '6 to '7 in length, and from -45 to "52 in breadth. 



2. Setubal, Portugal, 29th May. Don L. Gonzaga do Nasci- 



. men to [P.J. 

 5. South Spain, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Andalucia, Spain, 26th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Granada, Spain, 2nd April (H. Saun- Seebohm Coll. 



ders). 



o. Malaga, Spain, 10th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



C. . Malaga, 2nd June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 8th June (A. Ruiz). Seebohm Coll. 



5. .Malaga, 25th May (A. R.\ Seebohm Coll. 



A. Malaga, 3()tu March (A. R.). W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Hesse. Germany, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



