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marked very sparingly, and almost entirely at the broad end, -with 

 brown or black. Some specimens are marked, also at tbe broad 

 end, with underlying grey or pale lilac. They measure from "67 to 

 •72 in length, and from -52 to "54 in breadth. 



2. Simla, N.W. Himalaya, 26th Hume Coll. 

 Aug. (A. O. Hume). 



1. Kotgarh, N.W. Himalaya, 25th Hume Coll. 



April (A. O. H.). 



2. Kotgaih, 24th May (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus ASTRAGALINUS, Cah. 



Astragalinus tristis {Linn.). 



Chryeomitiis tristia, Baird, Brewer ^ Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 471 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 195 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 107 (1899). 



Astragalinus tristis tristis, Bidgw. Birds North Sf Middle Amer. i. p. 109 

 (1901). 



Astragalinus tristis, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 233 (1908). 



The eggs of the American Siskin, or YeUow-bird, are without 

 gloss and of a uniform bluish-white colour. They appear to vary 

 much in size and shape. One specimen is of a blunt oval form and 

 measures "68 by -54 ; others are pointed ovals and measure, on the 

 average, '65 by '5. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. North America (Senshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Bangor, Maine, 29th May (T. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Bailey). [P.]. 



5. West Newbury, New Hampshire, "WT Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



9th August [G. E. Gilman). [P.]. 



2. Massachusetts (T. M. Brewer: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Chester Co., Pennsylvania (C J. Princeton University, N. J. 



Pennock). [E.J. 



Astragalinus pallidus (Meams). 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus, Bidgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer. i. p. Ill 



(1901). 

 Astragalinus pallidus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 234 (1908). , 



Eggs of the Western Goldfinch are indistinguishable from those 

 of A. tristis. They measure from -6 to -62 in length, and from -48 

 to -49 in breadth. 



4. Tucson, Arizona, July, W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



