Birds of the Pamir Range. 57 



thought myself, at the first glance, that they were C. githa- 

 gineus ; but after thoroughly comparing them I saw the spe- 

 cific distinction. Cabanis, as he told me himself, was led 

 into the same error, and mistook my C incarnatus (C. mongo- 

 licus, Swinh.) for the Saharan species ; but we examined them 

 together, and he then acknowledged their distinctness, which 

 the English ornithologists also admit. I have been able to 

 examine many specimens of C. mongoUcus found in different 

 parts of Turkestan and Mongolia, and I am now firmly con- 

 vinced of the constancy of their specific distinction throughout 

 the whole region where they reside. I have also compared my 

 specimens (found near Keleso and Tianshan) with Swinhoe^s 

 type specimens, and found them identical. When compared 

 with specimens of C. githagineus taken from various museums 

 and obtained in various countries, the following differences are 

 always apparent : — 



C. mongoUcus. C. githagineus. 



Maxilla yellowish brown. Maxilla and mandible reddish 



Mandible pale yellow. orange, deepening to coral-red with 



age. 



Occiput, back, and scapulars red- Occiput, back, and scapulars with- 



dish-grey ground-colour, with nu- out shaft-spots ; but the feathers 



merous shaft-spots. These spots have a rose-coloured shading, which 



more marked in spring. is more marked in spring, especially 



at their tips. 



Wing: Great wing-coverts and Wing: All the feathers gTejash 



the secondary quiUs white on two brown, with rose-coloured borders, 



thirds of the length of the outer but without any white on the outer 



web, bordered with rose-colour or, webs. The white patches on the 



in spring, vermilion ; so that the wing are therefore wanting, 

 wing has two white patches, with 

 long red streaks. 



25. LiNOTA BELLA, Ehrcnbcrg. 



Linota fringillirostris, Bp. 



Ehrenberg's Linnet has not yet been seen in the Bash- 

 Alai, nor in the Pamir proper ; but probably it is to be found 

 there, at least during migration. This supposition is con- 

 firmed by the fact that these birds were found near the Kara- 

 kasyk pass (14,200 feet), which leads from Ferghana to the 



