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LiNOTA BELLA. 



The Asiatic Linnet is described by Bogdanow as common 

 both in the pine- and rhododendron-regions, as well as in the 

 plains. It only differs from the common Linnet in having 

 the upper parts unspotted and the red of the breast some- 

 what more scarlet. 



LiNOTA CANNABINA. 



The Linnet is a winter visitor to the Caucasus. 



LiNOTA BREVIROSTRIS. 



The Eastern Twite is found in the Caucasus. It has the 

 upper tail-coverts bright red. It is the L. erythropyga of 

 Bogdanow. 



MONTIFRINGILLA ALPICOLA. 



The Asiatic Snowfinch is found in the Caucasus only on 

 the mountain-steppes and in the rhododendron-region. In 

 June Bogdanow saw it in flocks. Dresser, in his ' Birds of 

 Europe/ does not recognize this species as distinct from M. 

 nivalis. It is, of course, the eastern form of our Snowfinch, 

 from which it is much more distinct than Picus pipra and 

 Parus camtchatkensis are from their western allies ; and it 

 seems scarcely just to admit specific distinctness for the 

 Woodpecker and the Tit whilst denying it to the Snowfinch. 



PyRRHULA VULGARIS. 



The Common Bullfinch breeds in the birch- and pine- 

 regions, wintering in the plains. 



Carpodacus erythrinus. 



The Scarlet Grosbeak is common on the steppes and in 

 the plains. 



Carpodacus rubicilla. 



The Caucasian Rose- Finch appears to be very rare in the 

 Caucasus. 



LOXIA PITYOPSITTACUS. 



The Parrot Crossbill is doubtfully recorded from the 

 Caucasus. 



