PHRYOILirS. HAPLOSPIZi. 289 



Phrygilus melanoderus {Quoy 4' Oalmard), 



(Plate XIII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Melanndera typica, Oould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 95. 



Phrygiliis melanoderus, Ahbutt, Ibis, 1861, p. 163 ; Scl. ^ Salv. Zoid. Voi/. 



' Chnllem/c.r; ii. pt. viii. p. 100 (1880) ; Sol. t. c. p. 150 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 786 (1888) ; id. Hand-l. v. p. 327 (1909) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 331 (1910). 



Eggs of the Falkland Islands' Finch are of a narrow oval form 

 and somewhat glossy. They are light greenish-blue or dull greenish, 

 mottled and speckled with reddish-brown and lilac-grey; the 

 markings, which are fairly numerous in some specimens and 

 more heavily marked in others, are generally densest on the broad 

 end. Specimens measure from "85 to 1 in length, and from -62 to 

 •66 ia breadth. 



4. Falkland Islands (C. (7. ^Woii). Gould Coll. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 

 2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



Phrygilus alaudinus (KittL). 



Fringilla alaudina, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 113. 



Phrygilus alaudinus, Sal. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 568 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 793 (1888); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 328 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Peruvian Lark-Finch are quite of the Bunting 

 type. They are of an ordinary oval form and moderately glossy. 

 The ground-colour is pinkish-grey, marked with specks, spots, small 

 blotches and short lines of chocolate-brown and smudges and clouds 

 of lavender-grey. The markings are not numerous and arc chiefly 

 disposed over (;he broader half of the egg. The specimens measure 

 respectively : -87 by -62 ; -88 by -66 ; and -86 by -6. 



2. Peru {R. Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Arequipa, Pctu, March (ff. W. : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



Genus HAPLOSPIZA, Gah. 



Haplospiza tmicolor, Cab. 



Haplospiza unicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. C26 (1888) ; id. 

 Hand-l. v. p. 329 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersumml. p. 321 (1910). 



An egg believed to be that of Lichtenstein's Finch is of a 

 pyriform shape, somewhat glossy and pure white. It measures '7o 

 by -58. 



1. Brazil. Crowley Bequest. 



