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depth If", internal measurements. The outside of the nest was lined with 

 some green stuff which remained green and did not dry up, which aided its 

 concealment and is worthy of note I think. I sent the man I employed (who 

 had been lent me by Col. Buchanan) up the tree and the bird remained sitting 

 till he cams right up to the nest. We waited for ten minutes or quarter of an 

 hour wh3ii the male bird turned up and having a good look at him flew away ; 

 the female came soon afterwards and I shot her close to the nest and not being 

 prepared for this species I did not recognise her. There was a full clutch of 

 3 eggs which are marked in the same way as that of the Black and Yellow 

 Grosbsak (Pi/cuorhamphus icleroidex) with streaks and blotches, only the 

 markings are decidedly more reddish brown : the ground colour of the eggs is 

 light green : the eggs were quite fresh. 



Size 1-08 by -8 inches. 

 1-07 „ -84 „ 

 1-07 „ -8 

 The nest was found building by my searcher about 10 days ago when we 

 were working in nuliah, height 8 000 ft. At the time of taki g the eggs 

 Major Magrath, 51st Sikhs, was with me and has very kindly skinned the bird 

 for me which I will send to the Society when dry, 



I should be glad to know if these eggs have ever been taken and recorded 

 before ? 



R. B. SKINNER, 



Capt.. R. E. 

 Dunga Gali, N.-W. F. P., 2Uh June 1908. 



No. XII.-THE QUETTA ROSE FINCH (ERYTHROSPIZA 



BSD LET A). 



At pages 520 et seq. of Vol. XVIII, of our Journal the " Report of the 

 Baluchistan Natural History Society " is republished. In this, a note appears 

 on fcryshrospiza obaolela. I was one of the first persons to record finding the nest 

 and eggs of this bird, but, through error, reported it as Hume's Hawfinch 

 {Coccothravstes humii). I was led astray by accepting Captain Marshall's 

 identification. In this I was foolish as the eggs were not Hawfinches, but 

 typically Erythrowiza. Mr. Stuart Baker pointed this out to me, and, at his 

 suggestion, I visited the Museums at Kensington and Tring, when I came to the 

 conclusion that he was right. I wrote to the Quetta Museum on the subject. 

 Mr. Cumming very kindly sent me a skin of the bird, which he had identified 

 correctly, as well as discovered my error, which he brought to notice in the 

 above quoted proceedings. I would ask all my friends, to whom I have sen t 

 clutches of the above eggs, to kindly accept my apologies for having misled 

 them. My Coccothruuates humii is Erylhruspizaobsolita. 



R. M. BETHAM, Lieut.-Colonel, 

 102nd (K. E. O.) Grenadiers. 



Mhow, C.I., 28 th June 1908. 



