420 Major C. H. T. Marshall on the Birds of Chamha. 



725. Hesperiphona icTERoiDES. "Tangaira/^ 

 This Grosbeak must be common in the pine forests at higher 

 altitudes, judging from the numbers that come down during 

 severe winter weather to Chamba. It is only after a very 

 heavy fall of snow that they descend. One Avinter over 

 three hundred were shot in the coarse of a week. Their 

 flesh, which is excellent eating, is much esteemed by the 

 natives. I have never succeeded in finding their nests here, 

 though I was more fortunate in Murrce. 



727. Mycerobas melanoxanthus. 



I secured three or four specimens of the Spotted -winged 

 Grosbeak one winter. They were with the black and yellow 

 ones. 



729. Pyrrhula erythrocephala. 



I met with a flock of ten or twelve Bullfinches early in 

 April up at Dalhousie ; as I had no gun, I failed to secure a 

 specimen. I watched them for some time, and believe they 

 belonged to this species. 



732. Pyrrhula auraxtiaca. 



Rare in the forests at 6000 or 7000 feet elevation. 



738. Carpodacus erythrinus. 



747. Pyrrhospiza punicea. 



When close by the crest of the Sanch Pass at dawn on the 

 20th September 1881 (alas ! my gun had gone on ahead to 

 camp), I saw a pair of these beautiful red-breasted Finches 

 feeding their fully fledged young on a rock not far from my 

 path. I had my binocular with me, so was able to watch 

 them closely for about a quarter of an hour, when they 

 disappeared down a ravine. There was no mistaking the 

 species. 



748. Calacanthis burtoxi. 



In the winter a few come down to Chamba. 



719. Carduelis caniceps. 

 750. Chrysomitris spinoides. 



