PEINGILLA. 175 



Pringilla canariensis, VieiU. 



Fringilla canariensis, Sharpe, Cat Birds B. M. xii. p. 177 (1888) ; id. 



Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 

 Fringilla tintillon, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 307 (1902). 

 Fringilla ccelebs canariensis, Hartert, Yog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 129 (1904). 



Eggs of the Cauarian Chaffinch resemble those of the common 

 tj'pe of F. ccelebs in all particulars. 



3. Canary Islands {D?: A. C. Stark). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 



4. Orotava, Tenerife {Ramon GoTnez). Crowley Bequest. 



Fringilla spodiogenys, Bonap. 



Fringilla spodiogena, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 313 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1860, 



p. 152 ; Dresser, Birds Fur. iv. p. 13 (1873). 

 Fringilla spodiogenys, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 177 (1888) ; 



Koenig, J. f. 0. 1890, p. 277 ; Nehrk. Kat. Fiersamml. p. 107 (1899) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, pt. i. p. 309 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds 



Tunis, i. p. 214 (1905) ; Sliarpe, Band-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 

 Fringilla coelehs spodiogenys, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 127 



(1904) ; Jourd. Eggs Furop. Birds, p. 84 (1906). 

 Fringilla coelehs africana, Levaill. ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 127 (1904). 

 Fringilla africana, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Eggs of the Algerian Chaffinch resemble those of the common 

 type of F. ccelebs. They measure from -8 to '86 in length, and 

 from -6 to 'Bl in breadth. 



2, Alg-eria, 12th April. W. Eadclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1.. Algeria, 6th May {H. B. Tristram). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Near Algiers, June {H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Near Algiers, May {R. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Tunis. Mr. L. Eraser [C.]. 



4. Gafsa, Tunis, 19th May. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 413, tab. xxxvi. 

 fig. 6, a-e (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Fier Fur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 2 (185-5- 

 63) ; Hewitson, Fggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 194, pi. xlix. figs, ii & iii 

 (1856) ; Dresser, BirdsEur. iv. p. 15 (1871) ; Wheelwright, A Spring 

 and Summer in Lapland, p. 297 (1871) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 

 p. 96, pi. 13 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 178 (1888) ; 

 Seebohm, Fggs of Brit. Birds, p. 243, pi. 57. fig. 1 (1896) ; Bey, Fier 

 Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 330, pi. 39. figs. 9-16 (1900) ; Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 311 (1902) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. 

 p. 396, pi. xi. figs. 25-30 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 

 p". 130 (1904) ; Jourd. Fggs Furop. Birds, p. 85, pi. 10. figs. 9-16 

 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 226 (1908). 



Many of the eggs of the Brambling are quite inseparable from 

 the common type of egg of F. coslebs. Others resemble the eggs of 



