but rather larger. They measure from -71 to -72 iu length, and 

 from -51 to -52 in breadth. 



2. Altai Mts., 3rd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Altai Mts. {Nehrhorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kuldja, MongoUa, 5th June. W. Hadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 2. Kuldja, 5th June. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Astrabad, N. Persia, 8th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus SPINUS, Koch. 

 Spinus xanthogaster {Du Bus). 



Chrysomitris xanthogastra, Sel. §• Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 508. 

 Chrysomitris xanthogaster, Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 430 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 209 (1888) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 

 Spinus xanthog-aster, Eidqw. Birds North S^ Middle Amer. i. p. 105 



(1901) ; Sharpe, B.and-1. v. p. 230 (1908). 



Eggs of Bryanf s Siskin are of a pointed oval shape, and without 

 gloss. They are pale green, speckled with deep reddish-brown and 

 underlying lilac, thickly at the broad, end and sparingly elsewhere. 

 Four measure respectively: -67 by -49 ; -69 by -48; -67 by -52; 

 and -67 by -5. 



1. U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia {T. K. Salmon). 

 2. Santa Elena {T. K. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Spinus atratus (D'Orb. Sf Lafr.). 



(Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Chrysomitris atrata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 212 (1888). 

 Spinus atratus, Sliarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



An egg in the Collection, said to be that of the Black Siskin, is of 

 a regular oval shape and almost without gloss. It is pale greenish- 

 white, finely spotted over the entire shell with yellowish-brown and 

 lilac-grey. This egg, if correctly identified, is of a different type 

 from those of the allied species. It measures -SI by -6. 



1. Tumbez, Peru. Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus spinus {Linn.). 



Fringilla spinus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 399, tab. xxxv. 

 fig. 14, a, h, c (1845-64) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 198, 

 pi. 1. fig. ii (1856) ; Seebohm, tSrit. Birds, ii. p. 92, pi. 12 (1884) ; 

 id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 242, pi. 56. fig. 18 (1896). 



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