290 -FRINSTLLID^. 



Genus DIUCA, lleiclienh. 



Diuca diuca {Molina). 



(Plate XIII. flg. 9.) 



Diuca ei'isea, Scl.^ Huds. Ardent. Orn. i. p. 55 (1888) ; James, New List 

 Chilian Birds, p. 3 (1892) ; Zane, Ibis, 1897, p. 18. 



Diuca diuca, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 800 (1888) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 119 (1899), p. 321 (1910) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. ."JSO 

 (1909). 



The eggs of the Diuca Finch are of an elongated oval shape and 

 have a considerable amount of gloss. They are pale green, spotted, 

 mottled and streaked with dark brown and lavender-grey. Some 

 specimens are so thickly marked that but little of the ground-colour 

 is visible ; others are distinctly spotted and blotched, and others 

 again present a streaky appearance. They measure from '89 to 1'02 

 in length, and from '66 to -7 in breadth. 



3. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Chile. E. 0. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Chile {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 ;j. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 

 3. Central Chile. Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 

 2. Valparaiso, Chile, 10th Oct. (i, Crowley Bequest. 



Fraser: Tristram CoU.). 

 2. Rio Bueuo, Chile, 9th Jan. Crowley Bequest. 



' Genus EHODOSPINGUS, Sharpe. 



Ehodospingus cruentus {Less.). 



Rhodospingus cruentus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 808 (1888) : 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 119 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. v. n. 332 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Eed-crested Finch, laid in captivity, is of a short, 

 rather wide, pointed oval form, somewhat glossy and pnre white. 

 It measures -69 by -55. 



1. Laid in captivity. Crowley Bequest. 



Genua PAEOAEIA, Botiap. 

 Paroaria cucuUata {Lath.). 



Fringilla cucuUata, B'Orb. Voy. dam VAm6r. Mh-id. iv. pi. 45. fig. 4 

 (1835-44) ; Thien. Fortpjlam. ges. Vdff. p. 422, tab. xxxv. fig. 1 

 (1845-64). 



Loxia cucuUata, D'Orb. t. c. pi. 60. fig. 4. 



