BEYTHKOSPIZA. 195 



Erytlir, spiza obsoleta, Madde 8r Walter, Ornis, y. p. 26 (ISSg-). . 

 Buoanetes obsoletus, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 330 (1902) ; 

 id., Ibis, 1904, p. 108, pi. iii. figs. 4-6. 



Five eggs of the Persian Desert-Bullflnoli are of a somewhat 

 pointed oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. They are pale blue, 

 sparingly marked, chiefly towards the larger end, with isolated 

 purplish-black spots and dots. They vary from -7 to -71 in length, 

 and from -63 to -54 in breadth. 



5. Meni, Syria, 29th April. W. Eadcliffe Saunders,. Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus EKYTHROSPIZA, Bonap. 



Erythrospjza githaginea (iAcht.). 



Bucanetes githagineus, Baedeker, Eier JEur. Vog, tab. 76. fig. 13 (1855- 

 63) ; Loehe, Ei-pl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 164 (1867). 



Erythrot^piza githaginea, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 294 ; Dresser, Birds 

 Ear. iv. p. 85 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 284 (1888) 

 [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 108 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. 

 Birds, pt. i. p. 329 (1902) [pai-t.] ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 220 

 (190-5); Jou,rd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 68, pi. 26. fig. 6 (1906J ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 242 (1909). 



Carpodacus githagineus, Bree, Birds Eur. iv. p. IS (1875). 



Erythrospiza githaginea githaginea, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 88 

 (1903). 



Eggs of the Trumpeter Bullfinch are of a pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. They are pale blue, marked, almost entirely at the 

 broad end, with specks of deep chocolate-brown and grey. They 

 vary from '74 to -85 in length, and from "58 to -6 in breadth, 



1. Algeria (Loehe). Salrin-Godman Coll. 



2. El Aghouat, Algeria (Loehe .- Ctowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 5. Gabes, Tunis, 11th May. W. Radoliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Erythrospiza amantum, Hartert. 

 Erythrospiza githaginea, Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 329 (1902) 



[part.]. 

 Erythr' 



Erythrospiza githaginea amantum, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 89 



(1903). 

 Erythrospiza amantum, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 242 (1909). 



Eggs of the Canarian Bullfinch are similar to those of Rhodo.ipiza 

 ohsoUta and E. githaginea, some being marked with purplish-black, 

 others with chocolate-brown and grey. They vary from -7 to -79 

 in length, and from -52 to -61 in breadth. 



4, Tenerife, Canary Islands. W. Radoliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 

 5 Fuertaventura, Canary Islands, W. RadcliiFe Saunders, Esq. 

 13th March (i2. Qomex). [P.]. 



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