Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. .";()!) 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetr.). [B. 244. W. 



1903, p. 5.26; 1907, p. 98.] 

 c?. April 15, Tehran. 



Frixgilla ccelebs L. [B. 247. W. 1907, p. 99.] 



c? . Feb. 18, •) G . n . o 



> b. coast, Caspian Sea. 

 ? . March 4, J ' ■ t 



" Chaffinches were extraordinarily numerous at Resht in 



February and all along the coast, but they became much 



scarcer towards the east and around Asterabad Bay, and in 



the forest near Bandar Gez there were very few. They 



were seen in the forest on the hills up to about 6000 feet. 



On our return to Resht in May scarcely a Chaffinch was to 



be met with."— R. B. W. 



FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA L. [*B. 247.] 



? . Feb. 18, - 



? . March 11, 



S. March 16, 



? . March 18». 



" Bramblings were seen in small numbers, but nowhere 

 very numerous, in the more open places along the coast, 

 generally in company with flocks of Chaffinches. They all 

 seemed to have departed north by the time we returned to 

 the coast in May."— R. B. W. 



These are typical examples of the Brambling, the 

 occurrence of which in Persia seems to have been previously 

 uncertain. The birds are no doubt winter migrants to the 

 Caspian region. 



Ligurinus chloris (L.). [*B. 247. W. 1907, p. 99.] 



" * * ' > S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



? . March 25, J 



(J. May 15, Elburz Mts. (near Resht). 



" Very few Greenfinches were seen." — R. B. W. 



These are rather brightly coloured, but they are not so 

 small as L. chloroticus, which does not appear to occur in 

 Persia. 



► S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



