222 FRINGILLID^E. 



few minute black markings about the larger end. They measure 

 from -78 to -8 in length, and from -5 to '52 in breadth. 



4. Rouse Co., Colorado, U.S.A., W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 24th May (N. . Christie). [P.]. 



Carpodacus mexicanus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Carpodacus mexicanus, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 422 (1888) 



Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 265 (1908). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus mexicanus, Ridyw. Birds of North fy Middle 



Amer. i. p. 131 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Mexican Rose-Finch resemble those of C. pur- 

 pureus described above. They measure respectively '72 by *56 and 

 75 by *55. 



2. South-east Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus frontalis (Say). 



Carpodacus frontalis, Baird, Breiver 8f Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 465 

 (1874); Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 107 (1874); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 420 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. Ill (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 265 (19Q3). 



Carpodacus mexicanu? frontalis, Ridgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 137 (1901). 



Eggs of the Crimson-fronted Rose-Pinch are pale bluish-white, 

 speckled arid spotted, but almost entirely at the broad end, with 

 deep chocolate-brown. One of the specimens in the Collection is of 

 a narrow, pointed oval shape ; another is of a broad, blunt oval 

 form. They measure from -72 to -8 in length, and from '5 to -58 

 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. California (T. M. Brewer: Tris- Salvin-Godman Coll. & 



tram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. California. Crowley Bequest. 



2. San Francisco, California ( T. Hep- H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



burn). 



8. San Diego, California, 5th May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(M. Belden). [P.]. 



2. San Diego. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Tucson, Arizona. Crowley Bequest. 



Texas (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus dementis, Mearns. 



Carpodacus dementis, Mearns, Auk, xv. p. 258 (1898) ; Sharpe. Hand-l. 



v. p. 266 (1903). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus dementis, Ridyw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. i. 



p. 140 (1901). 



