unfigured Eggs of P alee arctic Birds. Ill 



Major Corbett has sent me the following notes, together 

 with specimens of the birds, which, although the Blue 

 Flycatcher has not yet been recorded as a Palaearctic species, 

 may be included in the present article : — " I found a nest 

 containing three eggs of the Blue Flycatcher at Ranikhot, 

 Kumaon, Western Himalayas, at an elevation of from 6000 

 to 7000 feet, on the 31st of May- The nest was cup-shaped, 

 constructed of rootlets and grass, and placed on a ledge in a 

 steep bank, and the eggs were slightly incubated." 



The Major sent me eggs of this Flycatcher along with 

 the parent bird. The eggs resemble those of Muscicapa 

 parva in coloration, but are very small, scarcely larger than 

 those of the Golden-crested Wren. 



Major Corbett also sends me the following notes : — 



(11) Serinus pusillus. Red-fronted Finch. 

 Serinus pusillus Dress. Man. Pal. B. p. 282. 



" I first saw these birds in Kashmir on the 25th of June, 

 but subsequently in Ladak. They were mostly in small 

 flocks, and I could not succeed in finding a nest." 



(12) Leucosticte brandti. Brandt's Ground-Linnet. 

 Leucosticte brandti Dress. Man. Pal. B. p. 303. 



"At the end of July and in August these birds were 

 common at Chang Chenmo at from 12,000 to 15,000 feet 

 elevation, frequenting grassy places near streams ; they were 

 generally in small flocks, but I saw some in pairs. In a 

 female which I shot the ovary was small, the crop was full 

 of small green seeds. This was one of the very few species of 

 birds that I observed in Chang Chenmo." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



Eggs of the following species : — 



Fig. 1. Carjiodacus serertzovi, p. 107 . 



„ 2. Hodgsonius phcenzcuroides, p. 106. 



„ 3. Carpodacus severtzovi, p. 107. 



„ 4. Bucanetes obsoletus, p. 108. 



„ 5. Erythrospiza sanguined, p. 108. 



„ 6. Bucanetes obsoletus, p. 108. 



