522 Mr. N. B. Kinnear on the Bhds collected [Ibiss, 



that I have been unable to decide to what race they 



belong. 



. [Common in all Tibetan villages and monasteries visited. — 



A. F. R. W.] 



Carpodacus erythrimis roseatus (Hodgson). 



2M S 5.7.21 Nyenyam 13,500 ft.; 333 ? 2.9.21 Kharta 

 12,000 ft. 



Hodgson's Rose-Fincli replaces the common Rose-Finch 

 in India, wintering throughout the peninsula and retiring 

 to the Himalaya and central Asia to nest. At Khamba 

 Dzong, 15,000 ft., this bird was seen and shot by Colonel 

 Walton durino- October. At Chaksam and Lhasa he 

 obtained two specimens of what he considered was a new 

 species, naming it Carpodacus Icetissimus. This bird, which 

 he says occurred sparingly in the country between the 

 Brahmaputra River and Lhasa, appears to be nothing more 

 than a rather brightly-coloured specimen of C. e. roseatus. 



Hodgson's Rose-Finch nests along the Himalaya, and on 

 the borders of Tibet and Garhwal ; Mr. B. B. Osmaston found 

 a considerable number breeding in the Girthi Valley between 

 13,000 and 13,500 ft., Stoliczka reported it in Lahnl in June 

 at 11,000 to 12,000 ft., and Mr. Baker has eggs taken in the 

 Khagan Valley, N.W. Frontier, between 6500 and 8500 ft. 



In the spring the male of C. e. roseatus may be distin- 

 guished from the typical form by its deeper coloration above 

 and brighter tinge below. 



[In cultivated lands about 13,000 ft.— A. F. R. W.] 



Carpodacus pulcherrimus pulcherrimus (Moore). 



2GG S 8.8.21, 285 S 13.8.21, 304 S 18.8.21 Kharta 

 Valley 12,500 It. ; 366 ? 6.9.21 Kharta Valley 14,800 ft. 



The birds obtained by Mr. Wollaston belong to the typical 

 form of the Beautiful Rose-Finch, which ranges from Sikkini 

 to Garhwal. In the Chumbi Valley and southern Tibet it is 

 replaced by C. p. waltoni Sharpe, in which the male is a 

 brighter rose-pink on the sides of the head and underparts, 

 while the female is much paler than the female of the typical 



