125 Aves. 
Systematic. — Passeriformes. 
5831 
Hesperiphona vesperlina, again in 
Massachusetts, Brewster Auk 28 
p. 194. 
Coccoihrnustes vulgaris, occurrence in 
East Lothian, Scotland, Bonar Ann. 
Scot. Nat. Hist. 1909 p. 48 ; C. vulgaris 
vulgaris, occurring in Egypt, WitHerby 
Bull. Brit. Ornith. Cl. 23 p. 98. 
[Cyanocompsa ] Guiraca cyanea, nest- 
ing in captivity, Teschemaker Avicult. 
Mag. 1 1909 p. 04. — G. cyanea argentina 
and G. glaucocaerulea, eggs figured, Har- 
tert & Venturi Nov. Zool. 16 p. 174. 
Sporophila leucoplera aequatorialis 
subsp. n , Mexiana, Brazil, Sneth- 
lage Bol. Mus. Goeldi Para 5 1909 
p. 448. — Spermophila rufucollis, S. hypo- 
xantha, S. melanocephala melanocephala, 
eggs figured, Hartert & Venturi Nov. 
Zool. 16 p. 175. 
Cardinalis cardinalis, at Ipswich, 
Mass., Brown Auk 26 p. 194. 
Saltator similis, egg figured, Hartert 
& Venturi Nov. Zool. 16 p. 173. 
Fringilla coelebd, breeding in winter, 
Forrest Brit. Birds 2 pp. 381, 424 ; 
albinotische Farbenvarietat (Schwe- 
disch), Reuter Medd. Soc. Fauna et 
FJ. Fenn. 35 pp. 193 329 ; food, Gre- 
soiiik Aquila 15 1908 p. 310 ; occur- 
rence at Kohat, first record for India, 
Whitehead Ibis 1909 p. 231. — F. 
coelebs gengleri sub3p. n., England, 
Kleinschmidt Falco 5 p. 13. — F. 
montifringilla, occurrence in West 
Sutherland, Scotland, Henderson Ann. 
Scot. Nat. Hist. 1909 p. 47 ; breeding 
in Denmark, Christiansen Ornith. 
Tids. 3 p. 60. — F. monti fringilla sub- 
cuneolala subsp. n. Kobe, Japan, 
Kleinschmidt Falco 5 p. 14. 
Carduelis carduelis rumaeniae subsp. 
n. Rumaenien, Tschusi zu ScHmid- 
hoffen Ornith. Jahrb. 20 pp. 76-77. 
[Spinus] Chrysoniitris spinus, first 
record for Egypt, Nicoll Ibis 1909 
p. 474. — S. pinus, near Detroit in 
winter, Wood Auk 26 p. 192 ; late 
records in Chester co. Pa., Pennock 
t.c. p. 308 ; in South Carolina, Brown 
t.c. p. 432. 
Astragalinus psaltria mexicanus, in 
Colorado, Bergtold Auk 26 p. 79. 
Linaria linaria, retaining their rose 
colour in confinement, Wormald Avi- 
cult. Mag. 7 1909 p. 359. — Linota 
rufescens, a resident in Sussex, Wal- 
pole-Bond Brit. Birds 3 p. 20 ; Alex- 
ander t.c. p. 56 ; breeding at Hamp- 
stead, Middlesex, Meyrick Zoologist 
13 p. 270. — Acanthis hornemanni exi- 
lipes, at Westbrook, Me., Norton Auk 
26 p. 308. 
[Monti fringilla] Leucostide brunnei- 
nucha, in Krasnajarsk, Turgarinov 
Nasa ochota 3 11 pp. 98-99. — M. 
cognata sp. n. Mongolia, MadarAsz. 
Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 7 
p. 176 Plate iv figs. 2-3. 
[Erythrospiza] Pyrrhula githaginea,. 
neu fur Vorarlberg, Bau Ornith. 
Jahrb. 20 pp. 150-151. 
Petronia petronia, Winterbeobach- 
tungen, Saltzman Ornith. Monatschr. 
34 pp. 357-367 400-414. 
Passer domesticus, cream coloured 
variety, Corbett Naturalist London 
1909 p- 441 ; habits in Boston U.S.A. r 
Townsend Auk 26 pp. 13-19 ; varia- 
tions in specimens from England and 
from New England, Townsend & 
Hardy Auk 26 pp. 78-79 ; its adapta- 
tion to new conditions in Manitoba, 
Criddle Ottawa Nat. 22 1909 p. 23. 
— P. domesticus niloticus subsp. n„ 
Nile valley, Nicoll & Boniiote Bull. 
Brit. Ornith. Cl. 23 p< 101.— P. pyrrlio- 
notus, nesting in the Punjab, Currie 
Bombay J. Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 p. 259. 
— P. cinnamomeus, habits in the 
Himalayas, Perreau Avicult. Mag. 
7 1909 p. 201 ; nesting in captivity 
Teschemaker t.c. p. 205. — P. griseus r 
nest and eggs, Bates Ibis 1909 p. 54. 
Serinus serinus, bei Danzig, Ibath 
Ornith. Monatsber. 17 p. 4 ; in Ost- 
preussen, Tischler t.c. pp. 82-83. — 
Serinus cgnarius, Farbenanderung, 
Noorduyn Album der Natuur 1909 
pp. 240-242. 
Sycalis pelzelnii, nesting in captivity, 
Teschemaker Avicult. Mag. 7 p. 298. 
Loxia curvirostra, the irruption of 
1909, Gould & Evans, Brit. Birds 3 
p. 123 ; Witherby t.c. pp. 162 194 
226 pi. 13 map ; occurrences in Great 
Britain in 1909, Ticehurst Brit. Birds 
3 p. 82 ; in Durham, Fawcett Natura- 
list 1909 p. 441 ; in Whitby district, 
Stephenson t.c. p. 398 ; its migra- 
tions, Walker and others t.c. p. 344 % 
at Louth, Carter t.c. p. 280 ; the 
