Carpodacus purpureus var. californicus. 9 
.77 x .54. They are of a bluish-green color, marked with spots of 
brown and dull purple, chiefly around the larger end. 
2. The same day I. found another nest, containing four eggs, 
which had been incubated about the same length of time as the 
former. This was placed on one of the topmost branches of an 
alder-tree fifty feet high. Framework of fine stems, among them 
Scrophularia ; also a few pine roots ; inner portions of fine fibres, 
lined with wool and hair. The ground-color of eggs is similar to 
that of set No. 1 ; the markings, however, are quite different, being 
of a dull brownish-purple, minute and confluent, forming a ring 
around the end of two eggs, and a large spot on the end of the 
remaining two, one of the lattG^r being also spotted over the entire 
surface, less abundantly than on the end ; they measure .83 x .57, 
.81 x .56, .81 x .56, .80 x .54. 
3. May 3, 1876, I found a nest with four fresh eggs. It was 
placed twenty feet from the ground, in a thick bunch of willow 
sprouts, near a small creek. The female bird was on the nest, and 
would not leave till I almost touched her. The eggs are of a light 
emerald-green color, spotted similarly to those of set No. 1, the 
markings forming a more decided ring around the end ; the form is 
more pointed, and the ground-color is deeper than in sets one and 
two. Measurements, .75 x .55, .73 x .56, .72 x .56, .71 x .57. The 
framework of the nest consists entirely of Scrophidaria ; the inner 
nest of roots and bark, lined with fine bark and hair. 
4. May, 1875, George H. Ready found a nest containing four 
fresh eggs. The nest, similar to those above described, -was placed 
on a horizontal branch of an apple-tree in Mission Orchard. 
These eggs are of an emerald-green color, and are more pointed 
than any of the other specimens ; the markings are finer than 
those of sets one and three, and darker, some being almost black ; 
a perfect ring is formed around the end of each, and the whole sur- 
face of one is spotted. They measure, .80 x .59, .77 x .58, .77 x .56, 
.76 x .57. 
I have on several occasions seen these Finches in trees wherein 
were nests of C. frontalis. The most faded egg I have is much 
more deeply colored than any egg I have ever seen of Cyanospiza 
cyanea. The markings are always plentiful, forming a ring around 
the end of many specimens. The only egg I have of Carpodacus 
purpureus is hardly distinguishable from those of var. californicus. 
I may here add that Carpodacus purpureus var. californicus is 
