218 FRINGILLID^!. 



Genus SYCALIS, Boie. 

 Sycalis flaveola (Linn.) 



Sycalis flaveola, SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 377 (1888); Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 (1899) ; Euler, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv.p. 26 

 (1900) ; Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p 214 (1900) ; Berlepsch $ 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p, 27 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 261 

 (1908). 



Two eggs said to be those of the Yellow Seed-Finch are of 

 a regular or slightly pointed oval form and faintly glossy. The 

 ground-colour is pale greenish-white, very finely spotted all over 

 with maroon-red and lilac-grey, the markings being concentrated 

 towards the larger end and forming, in one specimen, especially, a 

 rather strongly marked cap. They measure respectively '78 by -59 

 and -8 by -6. " 



2. [Brazil.] Oowley Bequest. 



Sycalis pelzelni, Sdater. 

 (Plate X. fig. 9.) 



Sycalis pelzelni, Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 172; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xii. p. 380 (1888)'; Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 66 (1889) ; Hol- 

 land, Ibis, 1892, p. 197; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 110 (1899); 

 Iheriny, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 214 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 261 (1908). 



Eggs of Pelzeln's Seed-Finch are of a pointed oval shape and 

 nearly devoid of gloss. Those in the Collection are of two types. 

 In one the ground is cream-colour, very thickly streaked and 

 mottled all over with brown and greyish-brown. In a second 

 the ground-colour is pale green, streaked and blotched, but not 

 very densely, with brown and lavender-grey. They measure from 

 78 to '85 in length, and from *5 to -57 in breadth. 



3. South Brazil, Aujr. (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest. 



Coll. : Tristram Coll.}. 



2. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [0.1. 



4. Argentina, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 

 2. Argentina, 28th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



Sycalis arvensis, Kittl. 



Sycalis arvensis, Dalyleish, Proc. R. Pints. Soc. Edinb. viii. p. 84 (1883-5) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 38/(1888) ; James, Neio Li<t Chilian 



Birds, p. 2 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 24 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. Ill (1899) ; Iherini/, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 214 (1900) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 262 (1908). 

 Sycalis luteola, Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 69 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 



1892, p. 197. 



Eggs of the Misto Seed-Finch vary from a narrow to a broad 

 oval shape and possess a moderate amount of gloss. They are 

 white or pale bluish- white, thickly speckled, mottled and, in some 



