140 Col. R. Meinertzhagen un the [Ibis, 



Fringilla montifringilla. 

 F. ))i. montifnngilla L. 



An abiiudant winter visitor in laroe flocks, arriving about 

 early November and leaving in late March. Latest date 2. i v. 

 Birds are in full breeding-plumage before moving north. 



Petronia petronia. 



F. p. utterinedia Hart. 

 A female in the Quetta Museum was shot near the town 

 on 14..iii. I never observed the birds, and they must be very 

 rare stragolers onlv. 



Gynmorhis flavicollis. 



(r. /'. transfuya Hart. 

 A female was obtained on 2.iii. from a small Hock. 

 Not otherwise observed. 



Passer domesticus. 



P. d. indicKS Jard. k tSelbv. 



Three were obtained in ]\Iarch and April. 



A summer visitor to towns and villages in northern Baluchi- 

 stan, the first arriviils being noted in Inrge flocks on 17.iii. 

 These flocks keep to the hill slopes and do not approach 

 the towns for a few days, and it is curious that when out 

 on the hills they are very wild, but become tame at once on 

 entering the inhabited areas, when a fight witii the resident 

 Tree-Sparrows at once commences. Nesting begins towards 

 the end of April ; the first egg was found on 30. iv. and full 

 clutches were obtained after 8. v. The birds de[)art in late 

 August and early September. 



I twice found nesting colonies in earth-banks, and once in 

 a cliff at 10,000 feet. 



Passer hispaniolensis. 



F. h. transfaspii'us Tschusi. 



None observed, but there are three birds in the Quetta 

 Museum obtained locally on 18. xi. Watson (B. N. H. S. xv. 

 p. 145) reports large flocks at Chaman from October to 

 Decemijer. 



