1922] diirhuj the Firfit Mt. Krerest E.rpedit'ion. 523 



form. In Garhwal and Kuniaon there is a closely allied 

 species, amJngiiiis of Hume, but I have only been able to 

 examine one male, the type, a carbolized specimen. 



Both species breed in Garhwal, wliere Mr. Whymper 

 found amhhjmis nesting at 12,000 ft., but he does not say 

 at what elevation pulclierrimns vi^as breeding. Mr. Osmaston, 

 who found the latter bird nesting in the Girthi Valley, states 

 that the nests were at an altitude of 13,000 to 13,500 ft. 



Carpodacus severtzovi Sharpe. 



143 (T 18.G.21 Chusa 13,500 ft., 232 S 16.7.21 Nyenyam 

 12,500 ft. 



Sharpe gives the type-locality of this bird as "Turkestan 

 and Yarkand," but nowhere does be designate a type. 

 The first birds mentioned in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' are 

 carbolized specimens from the hill country south of Yar- 

 kand, and next come several skins from Kashgar presented 

 by Dr. Bellew to the H.E.I. Co. Museum — afterwards 

 transferred to the British Museum, — and one of these, 

 no. 80.1.1.3511, I designate as the type. 



As both C. severtzovi and C. rubecilloides are found in the 

 same locality during the breeding-season, they cannot both 

 be subspecies, as considered by Dr. Hartert. 



This bird breeds commonly in southern Tibet, and Colonels 

 Bailey and Steen found nests at 14,000 ft. near Gyautse. 



Carpodacus mlDecilloides Przew. 



142 S ^-6.21 Chusha 13,500 ft.; 231 ^ 16.7.21 Nyenyam 

 13,500 ft.; 2iyS ? 9.8.21 Kharta 12,000 ft.; 274 S , '2SG c? , 

 287 ? 14.8.21 Kharta 12,500 ft. 



Specimens of Przewalski's llose-Finch were obtained by 

 Colonel Walton up to 15,200 ft. in southern Tibet during 

 December, April, and May, and he states that its distribution 

 coincides with that of C. severtzovi. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott met with this Rose-Finch in July on 

 the Khardong and Sassu Passes, Ladak, at 16,000 ft., and 

 von Pelzeln mentions that Stoliczka procured it at Puranor 

 below the Spiti-Rupshu Pass at 17,000 ft. 



