222 FKisreiLLiDjB. 



few minute black mai'kings about tbe larger end. They measure 

 from -78 to -8 in length, and from '5 to -52 in breadth. 



4. Eouse Co., Colorado, U.S.A., W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



24th May (N. M. Christie). [P.]. 



Carpodacus mexicanus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Carpodacus mexicanus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 422 (1888) 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 265 (1908). 

 Cai'podacus mexicanus mexicanus, Ridgw. Birds of North 8/- Middle 



Amer. i. p. 181 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Mexican Eose-Fineh resemble those of C. pur- 

 purms described above. They measure respectively -72 by -56 and 

 •75 by '55. 



2. South-east Mexico. Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus frontalis {Say). 



Carpodacus frontalis, Baird, Brewer Sf Bidqw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 465 

 (1874) ; Corns, Birds N.- West. p. 107' (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xii. p. 420 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. Hiersamml. p. Ill (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 265 (1908). 



Carpodacus mexicanus frontidis, Bidgw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. i. 

 p. 137 (1901). 



Eggs of the Crimson-fronted Eose-Pinch are pale bluish-white, 

 fpeckled and spotted, but almost entirely at the broad end, with 

 deep chocolate-brown. One of the specimens in the Collection is of 

 a narrow, pointed oval shape ; another is of a broad, blunt oval 

 form. They measure from '72 to -8 in length, and from -o to 'SS 

 in breadth. 



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



2. California (T. Tlf. 5reK)er: Tris- Salvin-Godman Coll. & 



tram. Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. California. Crowley Bequest. 



2. San Francisco, California ( 7". iTep- H. E. IJresser, Esq. [E.]. 



burn). 



8. San Diego, California, 5th May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(M.Belden). [P.]. 



2. San Diego. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



]. Tucson, Arizona. Crowley Bequest. 



1 . Texas (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Carpodacus dementis, Meams. 



Carpodacus dementis, Mearns, Auk, xv. p. 258 (1898) ; Sharpe. Hand-l 



V. p. 266 (1903). 

 Carpodacus mexicanus dementis, Ridgw. Birds North & Middle Amer i 



p. 140 (1901). ' ■ 



