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nests are small cups of dry grasses lined with the hair of the musk deer ; the 

 eggs are of a dull white marked with reddish brown in small streaks and spots 

 chiefly at the thicker end. The dates were August 18th and 21st. 



(754). Propasser thura. — The White-browed Rose-finch. Three clutches of 

 eggs (4), (3), (4), were found on August 6th, 9th and 10th, very high up in the 

 hills where the Sind and Liddar rivers rise, in Kashmir. The nests were in 

 bushes and in the creeping juniper plants, they were composed of soft grasses 

 and seedpods, were large and saucer shaped. The eggs are devoid of gloss 

 greenish blue in colouring, sparingly spotted at the thick end with black. One 

 «lutch is very pointed. The eggs average -85 x "60 inches ; those taken by 

 Mandelli in Nepal were said to be marked brownish grey. 



(758). Propasser rhodochrons. — The Pink-browed Rose-finch. The eggs of 

 this bird are not often taken in Kashmir, but in August 7th and 9th the 

 Srinagar Museum collectors and my men secured clutches of (5), (4), (5) and 

 (4) at about 11,000 feet altitude. 



(762). Carpodacus severtzovi. — Severtzoff' s Rose-finch. This bird was found 

 breeding near the Pangong Lake, Ladak, and the eggs taken on June 21st and 

 July 2nd ; they were of the usual greenish blue marked with black. 



(765). Procarduelis nepalensis. — The Dark Rose-finch. I have two specimens 

 from Kishtwar shot in August. 



(768). Callacanthis burtoni. — The Red-browed Finch, as I before mentioned, 

 breeds in Kashmir. The nest was very small, composed almost entirely 

 of the spines of the blue pine, and was in a big fir tree ; it was found at an 

 altitude of 9,000 feet at Kolahoi. The eggs are rather a blunt oval '88 x '65 

 inches and of a greenish blue marked with very dark brown spots at the thick 

 end. A second nest was being built, but apparently was forsaken by the birds; 

 this also was in a large fir. 



(770). Acanthus brevirostris. — The Eastern Twite breeds in Ladak : clutches 

 of 3 were found at Tankse, July 6th, at Khardong, Ladak, on July 27th and 

 28th, and a clutch on July 29th. All these were in bushes. 



(771). Motopoma pusilla. — The Gold-fronted Finch was breeding in Kashmir 

 in May, as I have the eggs taken in July in Swin, it probably has two clutches 

 yearly. 



(785). Monlifringilla adamsi. — Adam's Mountain-Finch. On June 5th, 1906, 

 I got 3 eggs on the Fotula, Ladak Road, and young birds just leaving the nest 

 at 14,000 feet on Aug. 20th, 1906 ; this also points to two clutches yearly. 



(788) Fringillauda brandti. — Brandt's Mountain-Finch was obtained in June 

 and July 1906 in Ladak up to 16,000 feet, but I have again been unsuccessful 

 in finding eggs or nestlings. 



(789). Emberiza schicnielus. — The Reed-bunting. On September 30, 1906, 

 I shot this bird near Srinagar. 



(790). Emberiza fucata. — The Grey-headed Bunting was found in Badarwa. 



(796). Emberiza hortulana.—ThQ Ortolan Bunting. Mr, S. Baker kindly 

 identified a specimen for me which was collected in March 1907 near Srinagar. 



