512 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 



pink) than in any other form of Pyrrhula, The colouring 

 of the upper side is of a purer and bluer grey than that of 

 P. p. pyrrhula. In measurements they are slightly larger 

 than P. p. europcea and considerably smaller than P. p. 

 pyrrhula and P. p. rossikowi. The wing in one specimen 

 measures 87 and in the other 84 mm. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES. [*B. 254.] 



" * ' ' > south coast, Caspian Sea. 



? . Feb. 19, J l 



" Bill light horn-coloured ; feet pale flesh-coloured ; iris 

 light greyish brown. A good many Hawfinches were seen 

 along the coast and they were extremely plentiful at one or 

 two places, frequenting the mulberry plantations and alder 

 and elm forest. A few were seen in the forest on the lower 

 foot-hills. They seemed to have entirely disappeared by May. 

 None were met with on the south side of the mountains." — 

 R. B. W. 



I should have ventured to separate these Hawfinches as a 

 distinct geographical form, but that Mr. Woosnam did not 

 find them breeding, and the birds which he obtained appeared 

 to be migrants from elsewhere. 



As compared to typical birds the male is altogether paler, 

 has no rufous tint on the upper side, and has the forehead 

 whitish buff, while the upper tail-coverts are yellowish brown 

 with no trace of chestnut, and the under side is paler. The 

 females are slightly greyer and less brown on the head, with 

 the forehead and upper tail-coverts conspicuously paler. The 

 measurements of the wings are large, that of the male being 

 109 mm. and these of the females 106 and 104 mm. In 

 coloration the birds are much like C. c. japonicus, but they 

 have white wing-coverts not tipped with ashy and the 

 measurements are larger. C, c. humii is easily distinguished 

 by the yellowish-brown colour of its under side. 



Passer domesticus indicds Jard. & Selby. [B. 254. W. 

 1903, p. 523; 1907, p. 102.] 



March and April, south coast, Caspian Sea. 



