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5. Grata va, Triurifr, April (J. H. Leach). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Oratava, April (J. H. L.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Laid in captivity, Essex. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Card uel is parva, Tschusi <$ x Serinus canarius (Linn.) 

 See page 178. 



Serinus syriacus, Bonap. 



Serinus aurifrons, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 447. 



Serinus canonicus Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 171 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 372 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 



(1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 281 (1902). 

 Serinus syriacus, Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 434 (1902> ; 



Hartert, Voy. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 85 (1903); Sharps, Hand-l. \. 



p. 259 (1908). 



Eggs of Tristram's Serin-Finch resemble those of S. canarius, 

 several different types being represented among those in the 

 Collection. In one especially handsome set the markings are mostly 

 red-violet and form a more or less irregular cap round the larger 

 end. They measure from -65 to '71 in length, and from *50 to "51 

 in breadth. 



3. Mount Lebanon, Palestine, 2nd May. W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



!P.j- 



2. Mount Lebanon, 4th May (If. B. Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram). 

 5. Mount Lebanon, 16th June (H.B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Mount Hermon, Palestine, 19th May Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. T.). 



Serinus pusillus (Pall.}. 



Serinus pusillus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 373 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 (1899) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 318, 



pi. 29. fig. 10 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 282 (1902) ; 



Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 85 (1903); Juurd. Eygs Europ. 



Birds, p. 67, pi. 38. tig. 10 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 260 (1908). 

 Metoponia pusilla, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 230 (1890) ; 



id., ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyas Ind. Birds, ii. p. 158 (1890). 



Eggs of the Gold-fronted Serin-Einch resemble those of S. canicollis 

 and . icterus. They measure '6 by "64 in length, and '48 by *50 

 in breadth. 



3. Derbend, E. Caucasus, loth June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 5. Kuldja, Mongolia, 8th May. AY. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cucalus canorus). 



3. Issvk Kul, Turkestan, 26th Mav. W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



