180 



FEINQILLIDiK. 



Chrysomitris spinus, Bnedehei; Eier.Eur. Vog. tab. 20, fig-. 2 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 541 (1S76); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xil. 



p. 212 (1888) ; Mey, Eier Viig. Mitteleurop. p. 321, pi. 40. figs. 21-25 



(1900) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 276 (1902). 

 Acanthia spinus, JIartert, Vo(/. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 71 (1903). 

 Oarduelis spinus, Jourd. Eyys Europ. Birds, p. 52, pi. 11. figs. 21-25 



(1906). 

 Spinus spinu.s, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 230 (1908). 



Eggs of the Siskin are typically of, a poiuted oval form and very 

 slightly glossy. They are bluish-white, speckled and blotched, 

 more thickly over the broad end than elsewhere, with pale rufous 

 and underlying lilac. The majority of the specimens are marked in 

 addition, and almost entirely at the broad end, with a few specks 

 and lines of deep chocolate-brown or black, and are not separable 

 from the eggs of the Goldfinch. They measure from -6 to '72 in 

 length, and from -45 to -SS in breadth. 



4. 



Oo. Wicklow, Ireland, 22nd April 

 (Allan Ellison). 

 4. Scotland. 

 4. Ross-shire. 



4. Scotsbiirn Wood, Ross-shire 



(J. Hancock). 



5. West Ross-shire, 26th April 



( W. Stirling). 



5. West Boss-shire, 26th April 



{W. 8.). 



6. Balnagown, Ross-shire, 30th May 



{A. McDonald). 



5. Balnagown, June (J". Hancock: 



Tristram Coll.). 

 1. Elvedon, Suffolk, June. 

 3. Hendon, Middlesex. 



6. Hornsey, Middlesex. 



1. Sweden (Tristram Coll.). 



3. Stockholm, June (Tristram Coll.). 



4. West Gothland, Sweden, 11th 



April. 

 3. Esthonia, Baltic Provs., 10th May 

 (Russow). 



2. Reval, Baltic Provs. (Russow). 



5. Mark Brandenburg, 14th June. 



5. Harz Mts., 17th May. 



5. Issyk Kul, Turkestan, 3rd June. 



Seehohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Ur. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radclitie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.], 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Kadcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Spinus citrinellus (Linn.). 



Fringilla citrinella, Thien. Fortpjlam. ges. Vog. p. 402 tab xxxv 



fig. 16, a, b (1846-54) ; Bree, Birds Eur. iii. p. 106, pi.' (1867) : id.', 



torn. cit. 2nd ed. iv. p. 30, pi. (1875). ^ ' ' ' 



Citrinella alpina, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 4 (1856-63) 



Chrysomitris citrinella, Dresser. Birds Eur. iii. p. 635 (1877) ■ siiarve 



Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 230 (1888); Bei,, Eier ng. Mitteleurop'. 



