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The eggs of the San Clemente Hose-Finch are of a blunt oval form 

 and almost devoid of gloss. They are pale bluish-green, very 

 sparingly speckled at the broad end with black and lilac. Four 

 examples measure respectively: '73 by '57; "7 by "53; '7 

 by -53 ; -72 by -55. 



4. Santa Cruz Island, Santa l>url>uni Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Islands, S. California, 8th May 

 (R. H. Beck}. 



Carpodacus amplus, 



(Plate X. fig. 22.) 



Carpodacus amplus, Enfant, Bull. Col. Ac. Sci. no. 6. p. 293 (1887) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds E. M. xii. p. 424 (1888) ; Ridgw. Birds North 

 $ Middle Amer. i p. 142 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 266 (1908). 



Six eggs of the Guadalupe Rose-Finch are of a regular oval form 

 and moderately glossy. They are pale bluish-green, sometimes 

 plain, sometimes marked at the broad end with a few minute 

 blackish specks. They measure from -8 to '82 in length, and from 

 6 to -62 in breadth. 



6. Guadalupe Island, Lower Cali- A. W. Anthony, Esq. [P.], 

 forma, 24th March. 



Genus PROPASSER, Hodys. 



Propasser thura, Bonap. fy Schl. 



(Plate X. fig. 12.) 



Carpodacus thura, Sharpe, Cat. Bird* B. M. xii. p. 425 (1888) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 327 (1902). 

 Propasser thura, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ltd., Birds, ii. p. 213 (1890): id., 



ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 152 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 2(36 (1908;. 

 Carpodacus thura thura, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 101 (1903). 



An egg of the White-browed Rose-Finch is of a greenish-blue 

 colour, marked with a few brown specks at the broad end. It is of 

 a regular oval shape, moderately glossy, and measures '89 by *61. 



1. Dcirj'iling, Sikhim, 1st Aug. Hume Coll. 



Genus LOXIA, Linn. 

 Loxia curvirostra, Linn. 



en. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. ta 



'eker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 1 



jtteivitson, J^ggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 212, pi. liv. ngs. n a, m ^1000; ; 

 Wheelwright, A Spring fy Summ. in Lapl. p. 301 (1871) ; L)resser, 



