224 



Birds Eur. iv. p. 127 (1872) ; Seebohm, Brit Birds, ii. p. 30, pi. 13 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 435 (1888) ; Seebohm, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 234, pi. 56. fig. 1 (1896) ; Hey, Eier Vog. Miitel- 

 europ. p. 311, pi. 42, tigs. 26-29 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 pt. i. p. 339 (1902) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 432 

 (1902) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 269 (1908). 



Loxia cnrvirotra curvirostra, Hartert, log. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 117 

 (1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 78, pi. 12. figs. 26-29 

 (1906). 



Loxia curvirostra anglica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 119 (1904) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 77 (1906). 



Loxia anjrlica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 269 (1908). 



Loxia curvirostra scotica, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 120 (1904) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 75, pi. 26. fig. 8 (1906). 



Loxia scotica', Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 269 (1908). 



Eggs of the Common Crossbill are usually of a regular oval form, 

 but sometimes they are much pointed. They have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground-colour varies from white to pale 

 greenish-blue, and this is marked, chiefly at the larger end, with 

 spots, specks, small blotches, and short crooked lines of deep 

 chocolate- brown or reddish-brown and underlj'ing lilac. These 

 markings sometimes form a wreath round the larger end of the 

 egg, or an ill-defined cap, but as a rule they are sparse and scattered. 

 Specimens measure from '8 to -96 in length, and from *6 to '68 in 

 breadth. 



3. Ross-shire. 



4. Ross-shire, May. 



4. Scotsburn, Ross-shire, 2nd April 



(R. Macdonald}. 

 3. Scotsburn, April (R. M.). 



3. Balnagowan, Ross -shire, 30th 



March (R. M. : Tristram 

 Coll}. 



4. Balnagown, llth March (R. M.}. 



5. Cheviot Hills, 2nd June. 



4. Christiania, Norway, 23rd March 

 (R. Collett). 



4. Sweden, 12th Feb. (H. Wheel- 

 wright}, 



3. Wermland, Sweden, 27th Feb. 



4. Wermland, 24th March. 

 4. Wermland, llth April. 



4. Carlstad, Wermland (H. W. : 



Tristram Coll.}. 

 4. Gardsjo, Sweden, 30th May 



(H. W.}. 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe 



[P.]. 

 Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe 



[P.]. . 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W T . Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radclifle Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W 7 : Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



