524 Mr. N. B. Kinnear on the Birds collected [Ibis, 



Pyrrhospiza punicea punicea Hodgson. (PI. VII.) 



2r>-\ cJ, 255 ? 25.7.21 Lapchikang 16,800 ft.; 340 S, 

 338, 339 imm. 6.9.21 Upper Kharta Valley 17,300 ft.; 

 351 iinni. 11.9.21, 359 imm. 16.9.21 E. Everest 17,500 ft. ; 

 871 ^ 18.9.21 E. Everest 17,000 ft. 



This fine Rose-Finoh frequents the higher ranges of the 

 Himalaya in summer, retiring lower down in winter. It is 

 found in Sikkim, southern Tibet, and Nepal, and in the 

 north-west Himalaya and Kashmir is replaced by a paler 

 bird, P. p. Jiumii. 



Blanford obtained specimens of the Red-breasted Rose- 

 Finch at 14,000 ft. on the Chola Range, Sikkiu); but neither 

 Oolonels Walton, Bailey, nor Steen seem to have met with 

 it, though Mr. Stuart Baker says it breeds in the Chnmbi 

 Valley. 



The western race, Jiumii, has been found nesting in the 

 Nila Valley, Garhwal, not far from the Borrendia Pass, 

 by Mr. Whymper, and in 1881 Major C. H. T. Marshall saw 

 a pair of old birds feeding fully-fledged young in the 

 Sauch Pass, Chamba ; Stoliczka says this bird is found in 

 Spiti and Ladak from 13,000 to 17,000 ft. in summer. 



[A bird of the high mountains, never seen below 16,000 ft. 

 — A.F.R. W.] 



Pyrrhula erytlirocephala Vigors. 



295 (?;c? 17.8.21 Kharta 12,500 ft.; 316 S, 217 ?, 

 318 ? , 320 ? 25.8.21 Kama Valley 10,000 ft. 



The Red-headed Bullfinch is confined to the Himalaya, 

 and the birds obtained by Mr. WoUaston must liav^e spread 

 up the Arun Valley from Nepal. 



Mr. S. L. Whymper found this Bullfinch breeding in 

 Garhwal at an elevation of 12,000 ft., but, according to 

 Stoliczka, it sometimes nests near Kotegurh 6000 ft. lower. 



[Only found in the pine and juniper forests of Kama and 

 Arun Valleys up to 12,000 ft.— A. F. R. W.] 



Emheriza cia godlewskii Tacz. 



279 c? 11.8.21, 2S2 S, 283 c? 12.8.21, 289 ?, 290 c? 



