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It was, however, merely migrating, as after the next day or 

 two we never met with it again. 



QQ. Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). 



This bird we also saw in pairs at Gund on the 1 1th May, 

 and occasionally till the end of the month. There were a 

 few pairs at Sonamurg in June undoubtedly intending to 

 breed ; and we found two old nests in low bushes on the edge 

 of the thick forest, which we believe to have belonged to 

 this bird. They were of the previous year, and one con- 

 tained fragments of blue eggs with dark spots. Although 

 the birds we saw in the middle of June were making love, 

 we saw no signs of their having begun to build. 



Q7. Carduelis caniceps Vig. 



This lovely little bird was fairly common on the hills round 

 Srinugger in April, and on the 29th there we found on the 

 Tukht-i-Suliman a nest half-built on the horizontal branch 

 of a Pinus excelsa at about ten feet from the ground. This 

 nest we had taken on the 8th May ; it was a lovely, very 

 solid cup of moss, with a few roots interwoven on the out- 

 side, and contained when taken three pale blue eggs, slightly 

 spotted on the larger end with dull red and lilac. We saw 

 a small flock of Goldfinches at Kagan on the 3rd May, but 

 did not see any more till the 16th June, when a small flock 

 appeared at Sonamurg. Coming down the Sind Kiver on 

 the 18th, we saw another small flock at Kulan. As we are 

 sure that there were none there a fortnight earlier, there 

 must be a particular migration, and possibly the birds bred 

 at that high elevation later. We saw a young brood flying 

 at Srinugger on the 23rd June, and a pair near Uri in the 

 Jhelum Valley on the 27th June. 



68. Calacanthis burtoni (Gould). 



Fairly common in flocks in May in the higher forests 

 round Gund, and in June about Sonamurg in pairs. One 

 shot there in the second week of June would not apparently 

 have laid for three weeks. We saw no signs of nidification. 



69. Hypacanthis spinoides (Vig.). 



We saw only two pairs of this bird, one near Kulan on 



