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1. Iceland {Tf. Proctor: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



3. Iceland, May ( W. P. : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



4. Iceland, 5th July. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Genus MONTIPRINGILLA, BreTim. 



The eggs of all the species of this genus are more or less glossy 

 and pure white. 



Montifringilla nivalis (Linn.). 



Fringilla nivalis, Thieii. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 427, tab. xxxvi. fig. 7 



(1845-54) ; Sree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 34, pi. (1875). 

 Montifringilla nivalis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. tig. 4 (1856' 



63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 617 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xii. p. 259 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 297 (1902) ; 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 86 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 238 



(1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis nivalis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 132 



(1904). 



Eggs of the Snow-Finch are of a pointed oval form, and measure 

 from '91 to 1-02 in length, and from -6 to -71 in breadth. 



5. Simplon Pass, Switzerland, 30th Seebohm Coll. 



May. 



2. St. Gotthard, Switzerland. Seebohm Coll. 



4. St. Gotthard. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Airola, St. Gotthard, 19th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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2. Lenk, Bernese Alps (Linden : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. GemmiPass,Berue8eAlps(i2mfera; Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Basses Alps, 11th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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Montifrmgilla alpicola (Pall.). 



Montifringilla alpicola, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 260 (1888) ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 298 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



J). 238 (1909). 

 Montifringilla nivalis alpicola, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 133 



(1904). 



Pour eggs of the Caucasian Snow-Finch measure from '88 to "89 

 in length, and from -61 to -62 in breadth. 



4. Caucasus Mountains, 19th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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