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gardens, Ac, A ne.>t loiiiul on 4. v. with two eggs was in 

 a vine six feet tVoni the ground, and one with four eggs in a 

 climbing rose seven feet from the ground, the structure being 

 laroe made of i^rass and lined with feathers in eacli case. 

 The eggs were pale greenish white, with a few dark brown 

 and puri)lish spots at the base. 



Carpodacus rhodochlamys. 



C. r. gnmdis Blyth. 



A fairly common resident in the hills up to 11,000 feet, 

 descending lower in winter. Birds were in full moult at 

 the end of July. Ten specimens obtained in April, May, 

 July, and November compare well with Cashmir birds. 



A nest with two eggs was found at 9500 feet on o. v. and 

 another with four eggs at 11,000 feet on 10. v. Fully 

 fledged young being fed by their parents were noted on 

 7.vi. The nests were in wild briars three and live feet 

 from the ground, were cup-shaped and made of grass and 

 bark, lined with fine fibres and a few hairs, l^^ggs |»a]e 

 blue with a few evenly distributed brown spots. 



Carpodacus erythrinus. 

 C e. roseata (Hodgs.). 



A male in the Quetta Museum was obtained at Ziaraton 

 6.ix., wdiile Marshall says that the birds are common there 

 in May. I frequent!}^ saw them round Quetta in summer, 

 but failed to secure a specimen. 



Uroloncha malabarica (L.). 



Large flocks observed at Khawas (7500 feet) on 31.vii., 

 out of which I obtained acock. Another was shot at Kalian 

 on l.viii. Specimens in the Quetta Museum were obtained 

 there on *J.vii. A nest Avas found by Cumming in a vine at 

 Baleli on 16. viii. 



Sporaeginthus aniandava (fj.). 



A small flock was seen near Quetta in August, and several 

 in October and November. A specimen was obtained on 

 18.x. 



