CARPODACUS. 



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cnses. blotched with rather bright reddish-brown and underlying 

 purplish-grey. The markings are usually very dense at the broad 

 end of the egg, where they often form a more or less well-defined 

 cap. Two eggs of this species in the Collection are of abnormal 

 size, measuring respectively -8 by -63; '83 by '67. Normal 

 specimens measure from '64 to -8 in length, and from '5 to *57 in 

 breadth. 



2. Campo of La Tala, Central Urn- Crowley Bequest. 



guay, 14th Nov. (R. Urquhart). 



5. Argentina, Oct. A. II. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Argentina, Oct. A. II. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 

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



2. Argentina. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Chile. Old Collection. 



3. Central Chile (Landbeck}. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 5. Rio Bueno, Chile, 26th Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 



(A. Lane). 

 1. Rio Bueno, 6th Feb. (A. L.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CARPODACUS, Kaup. 

 Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). 



Frinsrilla ervthrina, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Voy. p. 416, tab. xxxv. 



tig. 3, a, b (1845-54). 

 Carpodacus erythrinus, Baedeker^ Eier Ear. Voy. tab. 20. fig. 12 



(1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 75 (1871) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 



2nd ed., iv. p. 1, pi. (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 46, pi. 12 



(1884); Sharp?, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 391 (1888) [part.]; Tacz. 



Fcnme Orn. Siber. Orient p. 659 (1891); Seebohm, Eyqs Brit. 



Birds, p. 235, pi. 56. fig. 9 (1896) ; Rey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 337, 



pi. 41. figs. 9-12 (1900); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 321 



(1902) [part.]; Jourd. Eygs Europ. Birds, p. 72, pi. 9. tigs. 9-12 



(1906) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 2(i3 (1908). 

 Carpodacus ervthrina ervthrina, Hartert, Voy. Pal. Fann. pt, i. p. 106 



(1908). 



Eggs of the Scarlet Rose-Pinch are of a pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a clear blue 

 colour, marked, almost entirely at the broad end, with specks and 

 spots of dark chocolate-brown. Some specimens are also marked 

 at the large end with a few spots and blotches of lilac. Occasionally 

 the markings are extremely line and hair-like, arid sometimes they 

 are somewhat large and tend to form a zone or a small cap at the 

 broad end. They measure from '7 to '86 in length, and from '53 

 to () in breadth. 



1. Reval, Baltic Provinces, 14th June Seebohm Coll. 



.. 



4. Sayn, Rhenish Provs., Germany, W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 

 "12th May. [P.]. 



