1922.] during the First Mt. Everest Expedition. 519 



Chionospiza blanfordi (FTunie). 



18r, 'S , 187 ? 3.7.21 Tinori 14,000 ft. 



Blanford's Mountain- Finch was only found in the autumn 

 and winter near Khaniba Dzong and Tuna up to 15,200 ft. 

 In July a few were seen on the Karo La Pass and near 

 Lhasa. 



Mandelli's native collectors ohtained a number of skins in 

 "Tibet" between March and October. 



Arnohl Pike shot a specimen east of Manoisa Tso in 

 north-west Tibet in June, and there are other skins in the 

 collection from north Tibet. 



[One pair only observed ; the nest with younjr found 

 two feet down the burrow of a Pika (Ochotona curzonicc). — 

 A. F.R.W.] 



Fringilauda brandti hsematopygia (Gould). 



22() ^^ Thuno- La 15,000 ft.; 234 ?, 235 S lfi.7.21 

 Nyenyam 13,500 ft. ; 341 ^ 6.9.21 Upper Kharta Valley 

 17,000 ft.; 348 c?, 249 S 10.9.21 E. Everest 17,500 ft.; 

 383 ? 22.9.21 E. Everest 17,000 ft. 



This Finch, described by Gould in the P. Z. S. for 1851, 

 was said to have been obtained by Lord GifFord in Tibet. 

 In the letterpress to plate 3, vol. v., of the ' Birds of Europe,' 

 Gould states that he is "indebted to Lord Giftbrd for the 

 loan of this fine bird, which is second in interest only to 

 the new and beautiful Si/rrhaptes tihetamis also brouoht 

 back by his lordship." The type-locality of the Sand-Grouse 

 is known to be the Tso Morari Lake in Ladak, and I think 

 we are justified in fixing the same })lace for Gould's 

 Mountain-Finch. 



Dr. Hartert (Vog. pal. Faun. p. 137) considers that the 

 birds from Gdgit to Sikkim are all himatopygia, which 

 race differs from hraiidti in wanting the red on the lesser 

 wing-coverts and in the darker and more streaked upper-side, 

 According to the series in the British Museum, however, 

 the Gilgit birds agree very closely with those from the 

 Pamirs and Tian Shan, and are neither so dark or streaked 



