510 Mr. II. F. Withcrby on Birds from the 



Chrysomitris spinus (L.). [B. 247.] 



<$ . Feb. 13, ) g coast Ca ian Sea> 



S . Feb. 19, i 



" Siskins were plentiful near Resht in February and were 

 met with for some way along the coast, but became scarce as 

 we went eastwards and were not seen east of Mashed-i-Ser, 

 which was reached on March 3rd." — R. B. W. 



Montumuxgilla alpicola (Pall.). [B. 248. W. 1903, 

 p. 524 ; 1907, p. 99.] 



Two males, April 20, ELburz Mts. (near Demavend, alt. 

 8600 ft.). 



Carduelis carduelis. 



<$ . April 2, S. coast, Caspinn Sea. 



This bird is remarkably like the specimen obtained by 

 Mr. Woosnam in 1905 at the Diz River in South-west Persia 

 — a bird which puzzled me greatly (cf. Ibis, 1907, p. 99). 



The measurements of the two birds are practically identical 

 and their coloration is similar. I think that they must both 

 be referred to typical C. carduelis, and it must be supposed 

 that they were both migrants from the north. 



Carduelis carduelis minor Zarudny, Orn. Monatsb. xiv. 

 p. 47. 



Carduelis elegans major (nee Tacz.), Witherby, Ibis, 1903, 

 p. 521. 



$ . March 14, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



Compared with my specimens from South-west Persia, 

 this bird is slightly darker, but it is of the same tone of 

 colour and of the same measurements, and I think that it is 

 undoubtedly of the same form as the plateau bird, but slightly 

 less bleached. 



LlNOTA CANNABINA FRING1LLIROSTRIS Bp. & Schleg. [W. 



1903, p. 521 ; 1907, p. 101.] 



Two examples, March 25, south coast, Caspian Sea. 



S. April 8 l E i burzMt (north side). 

 cJ . April 28, J v ; 



"Not at all common and seldom seen throughout the 

 journey."— R. B. W. 



