on Dr. Jerdon's ' Birds of India.' 45 



748. Callacanthis burtoni. 



This seems to be not distantly allied to Erythrospiza rhodoptera 

 (Licht.) ; Fringilla sanguinea, Gould (Bp. et Schl. Mon. Loxiens, 

 pis. 30, 31) ; type of Rhodopechys, Cabanis, which may be ex- 

 pected to turn up in Kashmir or Ladakh. 



751. Metoponia pusilla (Pall.) ; Oreegithus pusillus, Cab. 

 Journ. fiir Ornith. 1854, taf. i. 



I observe that Mr. Tristram refers this bird to Serinus 

 (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 447), as I did formerly (J. A. S. B. xxiv. 

 p. 257) ; and he describes a Serinus aurifrons, — the present 

 species being the S. (?) aurifrons (no. 680) of my ' Catalogue of 

 the Birds in the Asiatic Society's Museum ' at Calcutta. 



753. Fringillauda nemoricola. 



Not uncommon in Darjeeling collections. It is a long-winged 

 Ground-Linnet, without any red in its plumage — and is in no 

 respect akin to the Larks, that I can perceive. Dr. A. L. Adams 

 remarks that "its call-note is like the Linnet's'^ (P, Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 184); elsewhere that "the chirp is like the Snow Flake 

 (Nanee), and flight exactly similar '' (P. Z. S. 1858, p. 482). But 

 he does not note the Snowfleckin either of his lists, and may not 

 have here meant Plectrophanes nivalis, but Montifringilla adamsi. 

 He adds that it is strictly an Himalayan bird, plentiful at high 

 elevations at all seasons, and feeding around the margin of the 

 melting snow. Generally seen in large flocks, flitting from 

 place to place like Snow-Buntings. As winter advances, they 

 migrate southward, and are found in the lower regions. 



755. MiRAFRA AFFiNis, Jcrdou ; " Alauda coromandeliana, 

 Cuv.," Pucheran, Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 63. 



756. MiRAFRA ERYTHROPTERA ocurs at Saharuuporc. 



759. Ammomanes lusitanica is not A. pallida as I sug- 

 gested in the 'Appendix ' (p. 874). 



760. Pyrrhulauda grisea (Scop.) ; " Fringilla melano- 

 leuca, Lesson," Pucheran, Rev. Zool. 1854, p. 65. 



Of the genus Melanocorypha (vol. ii. p. 427), two species are 

 inserted by Dr. Jerdon in his Appendix, viz. : — 



