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the rump ; but the pale tips to the wing-coverts and the mar- 

 gins of the inner secondaries are broader. Sixty-six males 

 measured — length 5"3 to 5*8 inches^ wing 2"93 to 3"2, tail 

 2-4 to 2-85, tarsus 0-6 to 0-7, bill to gape 0'39 to 0-43; and 

 thirty-two females — length 5'15 to 5'4^ wing 2*83 to 3, tail 

 2-3 to 2-5, tarsus 0-6 to 0-65, bill to gape 0*38 to 0-4. 



171. LiNARIA CANNABINA (Liun.). 



Fairly common in winter at an elevation of 5000 feet, from 

 the beginning of November to the end of February. Gilgit 

 specimens differ considerably from English ones, as noted 

 antea, p. 87, but agree well with examples from Persia and 

 Asia Minor. Many of my male birds are red on the rump, 

 and have a red streak on the throat. If this pale eastern 

 form of L. cannabina is to be separated, it should apparently 

 bear the name oi L. bella, Ehrenberg, with L. fringillirostris, 

 Bonap., as a synonym. Thirteen males shot at Gilgit mea- 

 sured — length 5"4 to 5*9 inches, wing 3*1 to 3*3, tail 2*3 to 

 2-54, tarsus 0-6 to 0-67, bill to gape 0-44 to 0-47 ; and twelve 

 females — length 5*5 to 5*8 inches, wing 3*05 to 3*25, tail 2*3 

 to 2-42, tarsus O'B to 0'65, bill to gape 0-43 to 0*45. 



172. Fringilla montifringilla^ Linn. 



The Brambling only occurs on passage, and is not common. 

 I have compared my Gilgit specimens with a large series of 

 European ones ; and they do not differ in any respect. In 

 European specimens the Avhite bar does not not extend right 

 across the wing ; it begins on the outer web of the fourth 

 quill, precisely as in the Gilgit sj)ecimens. 



174. Fringillauda sordida^ Stoliczka. 



Very common at an elevation of about 5000 feet from No- 

 vember to the first week in April ; obtained in the third week 

 in June at 9000 feet. In nineteen males the wings measure 

 3*9 to 4*1 inches, and in nine females 3'64 to 3"83. 



175. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisl.). 



The Short-toed Lark is found in Gilgit in March on its way 

 northwards, and is common again from the third week in 

 September to the first week in November on its way south. 



