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Genus DIUCA, lleiclierib. 



Diuca diuca (Molina). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 9.) 



Diuca grisea, Scl. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. i. p. 55 (1888) ; James, New List 

 Chilian Birds, p. 2 (1892) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 18. 



Diuca diuca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 800 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 119 (1899). p. 321 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 330 

 (1909). 



The eggs of the Diuca Finch are of an elongated oval shape and 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. They are pale green, spotted, 

 mottled and streaked with dark brown and lavender-grey. Some 

 specimens are so thickly marked that but little of the ground-colour 

 is visible ; others are distinctly spotted and blotched, and others 

 again present a streaky appearance. They measure from '89 to 1*02 

 in length, and from '66 to '7 in breadth. 



3. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Chile. E. C. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Chile (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile. Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 

 2. Valparaiso, Chile, 10th Oct. (L. Crowley Bequest. 



Praser: Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Rio Bueno, Chile, 9th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus RHODOSPINGTTS, Sharpe. 



Rhodospingus cnientus (Less.). 



Rhodospingus cruentus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 808 (1888) : 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 119 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 332 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Red- crested Finch, laid in captivity, is of a short, 

 rather wide, pointed oval form, somewhat glossy and pure white. 

 Jt measures -69 by -55. 



1. Laid in captivity. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus PAROARIA, Bonap. 

 Paroaria cucullata (Lath.}. 



Fringilla cucullata, D'Orb. Voy. dans FAm^r. Merid. iv. pi. 45. fig. 4 

 (1835-44) ; Thien. Fortpilanz. ges. Voq. p. 422, tab. xxxv. fig. 1 

 (1845-54). 



Loxia cucullata, D'Orb. t. c. pi. 50. fig. 4. 



