1MIUYGILUS. HAPLOSPIZA.. 289 



Phrygilus melanoderus (Quoy $ Gahnard). 

 (Plate XIII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



M.Mauodera typica, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 95. 



Phrvfrilus melanoderus, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 153 ; Scl $ Salv. ZooL Toy. 



1 Challenger,' ii. pt. viii. p. 100 (1880) ; Scl. t. c. p. 150 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 786 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. v. p. 327 (1909) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 321 (1910). 



Eggs of the Falkland Islands' Finch are of a narrow oval form 

 and somewhat glossy. They are light greenish-blue or dull greenish, 

 mottled and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac-grey ; the 

 markings, which are fairly numerous in some specimens and 

 more heavily marked in others, are generally densest on the broad 

 end. Specimens measure from *85 to 1 in length, and from '62 to 

 66 in breadth. 



4. Falkland Islands (C. O. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. < Challenger/ 



Phrygilus alaudinus (Kittl.). 



Fringilla alaudina, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 113. 



Phrygilus alaudinus, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 793 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 328 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Peruvian Lark-Finch are quite of the Bunting 

 type. They are of an ordinary oval form and moderately glossy. 

 The ground-colour is pinkish-grey, marked with specks, spots, small 

 blotches and short lines of chocolate-brown and smudges and clouds 

 of lavender-grey. The markings are not numerous and are chiefly 

 disposed over the broader half of the egg. The specimens measure 

 respectively : -87 by -62 ; -88 by -66 ; and -86 by -6. 



2. Peru (H. Whitely). Salvin-Godman ColL 



1. Arequipa, Peru, March (H. W. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus HAPLOSPIZA, Cab. 



Haplospiza unicolor, Cab. 



Haplospiza unicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 626 (1888) ; id. 

 Hand-l. v. p, 329 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 321 (1910). 



An egg believed to be that of Lichtenstein's Finch is of a 

 pyriform shape, somewhat glossy and pure white. It measures -75 

 by -58. 



1. Brazil. Crowley Bequest. 



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