Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. 511 



Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). [B. 250. W. 1907, 

 p. 101.] 



Four males, May 4 & 6, Elburz Mts. (north and south 

 sides, alt. 6500 ft.)- 



" A few seen in the oak-scrub at from six to seven thousand 

 feet, but they were uncommon and very shy and difficult to 

 obtain, although the loud shrill whistle of the male, uttered 

 from the top of a bush, at once attracts attention to the bird, 

 even at a distance. They were breeding in May." — R. B. W. 



Rhodopechys sanguinea (Gould). [B. 252. W. 1907, 

 p. 102.] 



3 $ . April 30, Elburz Mts. (near Demavend, alt. 

 8000 ft.). 



These specimens, as well as those of the last species, are 

 of a more greyish pink and much less brilliant than are birds 

 later on in the summer. The rami only of the feathers are 

 pink while the radii are grey or white, and the wearing off of 

 the grey radii makes the pink shew up brilliantly, exactly as 

 it does in the Linnet. 



Serinus pusillus (Pall.). [B. 250.] 



(?(?<$?. April 8,-) 



(J. April 21, [-Elburz Mts. 



$ . April 28, ) 



" Very plentiful in the lower non-afforested valleys of the 

 north side of the mountains and seen up to 8000 feet. The 

 birds were in large flocks near Aliabad in the Herhaz 

 valley."— R. B. W. 



Pyrrhula pyrrhula caspica Witherby, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxiii. p. 48. 



S . Feb. 21, Surdabend ; <? . Feb. 25, Alumdeh, south 

 coast, Caspian Sea. 



" Bill black ; feet and iris dark brown. Only a few Bull- 

 finches were seen. They were usually amongst the strips of 

 box-wood near the shore." — R. B. W. 



As already stated (Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 48) the under 

 parts of this Bullfinch are brighter and redder (i. e. less 



