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Gonus CARDUELIS, Briss. 



Carduelis carduelis (Linn.). 



Fringilla carduelis, Tkien. FoHpfianz. qes. Via. p. 407, tab. xxxv. 



fig. 9, fl-c (1845-54). 

 Carduelis elegans, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 20. fig. 3 (1855-6.3) ; 



Danford, Ibis, 1878, p. 23 ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 274 



(1902) [part.]. > if f 



Carduelis carduelis, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 182 (1888) [part.] ; 



iJey, Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 3L9, pi. 40. figs. 16-20 (1900) : ISharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 227 (1908). 

 Acantbis carduelis carduelis, Hartert, Voq. Pal. Fauna, pt. i. p. 67 



(1903). 'IF 



Carduelis carduelis carduelis, Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 50, pi 11. 



figs. 16-20 (1906). > F ' i- 



The eggs of the European Groldfinoh are of a pointed oval shape, 

 and many are moderately glossy, while some are quite devoid of 

 gloss. The ground-colour varies from, bluish-white to palo 

 greenish-blue and is marked, chiefly over the broader half of the 

 egg, with specks, spots, and short lines, which vary in colour from 

 pinkish-brown to dark chocolate-brown. At the broad end there 

 are usually many spots and clouds of lilac, underlying the other 

 markings. The eggs measure from -62 to -71 in length, and from 

 •48 to -53 in breadth. 



5. Parnassus, Greece, oth May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 

 hohm %■ T. Kruper). 



4. Parnassus, 6th May (H. S. <^ T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Parnassus, 7th May (H. S. S; T. K.). Seebohm CoU. 



6. Parnassus, 9th May {H. S. $ T. K). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Parnassus, 6th June (H. S. i/- T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Asia Minor (C Q. Danford). Seebohm Coll. 

 3. AsiaMinor, 27th April (C.G.D.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Syria. Crowley Bequest. 



Carduelis britaunica, Hartert. 



Fringilla carduelis, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 196, pi. 1. fig. i 

 (1856); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 87, pi. 12 (1884); id. Egys of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 241, pi. 56. fig. 17 (1896). 



Acanthis carduelis britanuicus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 08 

 (1903). 



Carduelis carduelis britannica, Jourd. Egys Europ. Birds, p. 49 (1906). 



Carduelis britannica, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 227 (1908J. 



Eggs of the British form of the Goldfinch do not differ from 

 those of its Continental representative, described above. 



5. Co. Donegal, Ireland, 20th May. J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [P. 



4. Cappagh, Co. Waterford, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



{B. J. Usslier). 



5. Cappagh, 4th June [R. J. TJ.). Seebohm Ooll. 

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