Paleearctic Birds' Eygs from Tibet. 341 



on the 31st of May, 1905. The eggs are pure white, very 

 smooth, but not glossy, and measure 0'85 by 0*66 inch. 



(This Finch is always seen about stony places, chiefly on 

 the lower slopes of the hill-sides. The nest was under a 

 large rock, about a foot from the opening. Earth had been 

 scooped out to make room for the nest, which consisted 

 of a foundation of grass, the rest being an interesting 

 mixture of hair and feathers of all the different mammals 

 and birds in the locality. The male bird had the iris brown, 

 and the stomach contained insects and seeds. Local name 

 Richi-kya-shok.) 



Montifringilla mandellii. Mandelli's Snow-Finch. 

 Dresser, Man. Palsearct. B. p. 299. 



One clutch of two eggs was sent, with the parent bird, 

 obtained near Gyantse on the 14th of July, 1905. They 

 are pure white and slightly glossy, and measure 0*83 by 

 059 inch. 



(This bird has the same habits and flight as Podoces 

 humilis, but it places its nest in the abandoned holes of 

 mouse-hares, which are not straight but tortuous, and does 

 not excavate a hole for itself. It makes, however, a some- 

 what large nest-chamber from three to five paces from 

 the eutrance. The nest is not so big as that of Podoces 

 humilis and consists of a mass of grass, roots, and hair of the 

 mouse-hare. This bird is said never to dig its own nest- 

 hole ; we found it frequenting the slope of a hill near 

 Gyantse and associating with the mouse-hare and Podoces 

 humilis ; its food consisted of insects and seeds. Local 

 name Abje.) 



Linota rufo-strigata Walton, Bull. B. O. C. xv. p. 93. 



Five clutches of three and two eggs respectively, with the 

 parent birds, all obtained near Gyantse on the 14th and 

 17th of July, 1905. These eggs resemble those of Linota 

 fiaviroslris, but are paler, being bluish white marked, chiefly 

 at the larger end, with dull red and blackish-red spots ; they 

 measure from - 69 by 050 to 070 by 0*52 inch. 



(The nests of these birds were built on the top of low 



