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shape the nest is semispherical, the inside being tolerably deep cup-shaped; the external 
diameter is 70 millims., the internal diameter 55; the external height 60, and the depth of 
the internal cup 38 millims. 
The eggs of this species, of which I have a series from the Upper Rhine and Styria, are 
white, with a pale bluish green or sea-green tinge, and are blotched and spotted with pale dull 
reddish and deep red, the blotches being chiefly collected at the larger end. They somewhat 
resemble the eggs of the Goldfinch; but the blotches are, as a rule, not so dark and more spread 
out. In size they measure from $& by 1% to 22 by 20 inch. 
The specimens figured are an adult male and a female, both obtained by myself near 
Barcelona, in Spain, in May, and are those above described. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens :— 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, 6. Frankfort a. M., May 10th, 1874 (C. Sachse). 6,3. San Felio de Llobrigat, near Barcelona, Spain, 
May 6th, 1866 (HW. E.D.). c¢,¢3, 4,6. Seville, February 27th, 1870 (H. Saunders). e, 9. Barcelona, 
May 1866 (#. £.D.). f, 3. Sardinia, April 1870 (Salvadori). g, dS. Adalia, January 15th, 1875 
(C. Danford). h,Q. Rhodes, December 3rd, 1874 (Danford). 1,2. Asia Minor, December 19th, 1871 
(Th. Kriiper). j, k. Africa, September (Verreauz). 
E Mus. C. A. Wright. 
a, b, ¢. Malta, December 30th, 1862 (C. A. Wright). c,d. Sicily, spring, 1870 (C. A. Wright). 
E Mus. Charles Danford. 
a, 8, 6,3. Wolla Bay, Smyrna, November 27th, 1874(C. D.). c,d. Smyrna, November 28th, 1874 (C. D.). 
d,2. Rhodes, December Ist, 1874 (C. D.). 
E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 
a, b, 6. Sousa, Tunis, March 3rd, 1867 (O. Salvin). 
E Mus. Howard Saunders. 
a,d,6,%. Valencia, January 6th. c, 2. Seville, February 27th (H.S.). d, d. Malaga, March 22nd. e, ¢. 
Seville, March 28th. f, 3,g,2. Valencia, November 26th. 
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