it ii figured Ei/i/s of Palaarctie Birds. 107 



authentic eggs of this bird, and he has published some excel- 

 lent notes on its breeding-habits (Ibis, 1898, pp. 11, 12). The 

 egg figured is one out of a full clutch of three taken by that 

 gentleman at Souamurg, Kashmir, on the 15th of June, 1896. 

 The nests, he says, were placed in low bushes, generally 

 about a foot or eighteen inches from the ground, and not 

 in the least concealed. They were thick deep cups, made 

 of rough grass, lined with a few dead leaves, some fine 

 grass, grass-roots, and a few feathers, and were most untidy 

 structures ; the full clutches of eggs were three in number 

 and the eggs themselves varied somewhat in size, but averaged 

 about 0-89 by 063 inch. 



(2) Carpodacus severtzovi. Himalayan Rose-finch. 

 (PI. III. figs. 1, 3.) 



Carpodacus severtzovi Dress. Man. Pal. B. p. 319. 



This Rose-finch was found by Major W. Corbett breeding 

 near a village called Shushul, about six miles from the 

 Pangong Lake in Ladak, and close to the frontier of Tibet, at 

 an elevation of 14,000 feet. Two nests were taken, contain- 

 ing three and two fresh eggs respectively, on the 31st of July 

 and the 4th of August, 1902. These nests, Major Corbett 

 informs me, ' ' were placed in the forks of thin willow trees 

 about twenty feet from the ground, while a third nest was 

 placed in a gorse bush about three feet from the ground. 

 The nest of this Finch is constructed of sticks, grass, and 

 wool, lined with hair ; that found in the gorse bush was 

 rather more compact than the two in the willows, being two 

 and a half inches in diameter of cup and two inches deep. 

 I shot the hen bird off the first nest which I found on the 

 31st of July, but did not secure the male. However, I dis- 

 covered another nest in the same patch of willows on which 

 the hen was sitting. I did not shoot her, but obtained the 

 male close by. On visiting this nest again on the 4th of 

 August the female was still sitting, but I did not see any 

 male bird on this occasion. This Rose-finch did not appear 

 to be common in Ladak, as I did not observe it in any 

 other place." 



