1913.] E. C. Stuart Baker : Birds. 279 



dreds in Margherita. It appears not to migrate in company with 

 atrogularis and not to follow the same main routes. Thus to the 

 extreme east in Tezpur, Sadiya and Dibrugarh, one will get at least 

 ten ruflcollis to one atrogularis , whilst in North Cachar the exact 

 reverse is the case. 



76. Petrophila erythrogastra (Vigors). 



O. and B., vol ii, p. 143. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. V, p. 325. 



(a) Not sexed. Upper Rotung, 2150 ft., Jan. 1912. 

 I.M. No. 25309. {M. de Courcv). 



This bird is a cf in full adult plumage. 



77. Petrophila solitarius pandoo (Sykes). 



O. and B., vol. ii, p. 146. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. V, p. 316. 

 Hartert, D.V.P., p. 675. 



(a) Not sexed. Misshing, 2000 ft., Feb. 1912. 

 B.N.H.S. No. 32. 



This bird is also a male and is a fairly typical specimen of the 

 western solitarius. Hartert unites Petrophila with Monticola but, 

 for the present at all events, I prefer to keep them distinct. 



Family PI.OCEIDAE. 



Sub-family VIDUINAE. 



78. Uroloncha acuticauda (Hodg.). 



O. and B., vol. ii, p. 184. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. xiii, p. 356. 



{a) 9 , Balek, 26-iii-i2. I.M. No. 25334. 



Family FRINGILLIDAE. 



Sub-family FRINGILLINAE. 



79. Haematospiza indica (Gmel.). 



O. and B., vol. ii, p. 209. 

 B. M. Cat., vol. xii, p 397. 



(a) and (b) No data. B.N.H.S. Nos. 41 and 36. 



It is very unfortunate that these two tine finches are without 

 data, for it would have been most interesting to know at what 

 elevation they were obtained as hitherto they have never been 

 found much under 5000 ft. Their being obtained in the Abor Hills 

 links up the two places Nepal and Sikkim in the west and the 



