138 Col. R. Meinertzhagen on the [Ibis, 



Carduelis carduelis. 



'','. ('. major (Tacz.). 

 A pair ot' these nortbern birds was seen in a Hock of 

 C. canicej>s at Quetta on 27. ii. and one was secured. They 

 compare well with birds from western Asia. 



Carduelis caniceps. 



C. c. orieatalis (Eversni.). 

 A winter visitor in fair numbers, arriving in early Novem- 

 ber and leaving again in early March. A pair was, however, 

 seen on 22. iv. 



Acanthis cannabina. 



A. c. frimj'iUirostris (Bp, & Schleg.) . 



A cock in full breeding-})lumage Avas obtained on 2. iv., a 

 male in the Quetta Museum on 31.iii. A large flock of 

 Linnets seen at Quetta on 14. ii. were probably of this race. 

 Obviously a rare winter visitor. 



Serinus pusillus (Pall.). 



A common nesting species at Ziarat (8000 feet) and on 

 Murdar at 10,500 feet, descending in severe weather to 

 the plains in flocks. A nest found on Zarghun at 9500 feet 

 on 10. V. contained one egg, and was placed on a wild olean- 

 der bush three feet from the ground. It was made of grass 

 and lined with cotton and feathers. 



Erytlirospiza githaginea. 

 E. (J. o'cis/irostris (Blyth). 



Rare and local. One was obtained at Khushdil on ll.vii., 

 when several others were seen which were doul^tless 

 breeding. Others were seen near Quetta at Azim on 12. vi. 



Rhodospiza obsoleta (Licht.). 



Resident in small numbers in the Quetta Plains, their 

 numbers increased in spring by summer visitors which 

 arrive in late March. In winter they are to be found in 

 flocks of about twenty, and in spring they scatter to nest in 



