CAEP0DACT7S. 



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cases, blotched witli rather bright reddish-brown and underlying 

 purplish-grey. The markings are usually very dense at the broad 

 end of the egg, where they often form a more or less -well-defined 

 cap. Two eggs of this species in the Collection are of abnormal 

 size, measuring respectively -8 by -63 ; -8;-! by '67. Normal 

 specimens measure from '64 to "8 in length, and from -5 to -ST in 

 breadth. 



5. 

 3. 

 2. 

 2. 

 6. 

 3. 

 3. 

 2. 



3. 

 3. 



5. 



Campo of r>a Tala, Central (Jru- 

 guay, 14th Nov. {li. TIrquhaii). 



Argentina, Oct. 



Argentina, Oct. 



Argentina, Oct. 



Argentina. 



Chile. 



Central Chile (Landbech). 



Central Chile (Landheck). 



Central Chile (Landheck). 



Central Chile, Oct. 



Central Chile, Oct. 



Rio Bueno, Chile, 26th Jan. 

 (A. Lane). 



Rio Bueno, 6th Feb. {A. L.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



A. II. Holland, Esq, 

 A. H. Holland, Esq. 

 A. H. Holland, Esq. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Old Collection. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Rerkeley James Cull. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



[0.]. 



fe.J. 



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Genus CARPODACUS, Kaup. 



Carpodacus erythrinus {Pall.). 



Fringilla erythrina, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 416, tab. xxxv. 



fig. 3, a, b {1845-54). 

 Carpodacus erythrinus, Baedeker., Eier Ear. Vog. tab. 20. fig. 12 



(1855-63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 75 (1871) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 



2nd ed., iv. p. 1, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 46, pi. 12 



(1884); Skarpe, Cat. Bird,s B. M. x\i. p. 391 (1888) [part.]; Tacz. 



Faune Orn. Sib6r. Orient p. 669 (1891); Seebohm, Eggs Brit. 



Birds, p. 235, pi. 56. fig. 9 (1896) ; Rey, Ekr Vog. Mitteleurop. p. 337, 



pi. 41. figs. 9-12 (1900); JDressei; Man. Pal Birds, pt. i. p. 321 



(1902) [part.]; J(mrd. Er/gs Euro/>. Birds, -p. 72, ])l. 9. figs. 9-12 



(1906) ; Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 2(;3 (1908). 

 Carpodacus ervthrina ervthrina, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. i. p. 106 



(1903). ■ 



Eggs of the Scarlet Eoae-Knoh are of a pointed oval form and 

 possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are of a clear blue 

 colour, marked, almost entirely at the broad end, with specks and 

 spots of dark chocolate- brown. Some specimens are also marked 

 at the large end with a few spots and blotches of lilac. Occasionally 

 the markings are extremely tine aud hair-like, and sometimes they 

 are soTtiewhat large and tend to form a zone or a small cap at the 

 broad end. They measure from '7 to '86 in length, and from -53 

 to -6 in breadth. 



1. Reval, Baltic Provinces, 14th June 



{Ruiisow). 

 4. Sayn, Rhenish Provs., Germany, 



12th May. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Badclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



