342 Mr. H. E. Dresser on some 



thorny bushes about two feet from the ground, on the lower 

 slopes of the hills, and were constructed of grass and moss, 

 lined with wool and hair, chiefly the latter. The number 

 of eggs varied from two to three or four, and we never found 

 five. Iris greyish brown. Food, seeds. Local name Pegam- 

 bejee.) 



Carpodacus severtzovi Sharpe. Severtzoff's Rose-Finch. 

 Dresser, Man. Palsearct. B. p. 319. 



One clutch of three eggs, taken on the 1st of August, 

 1905, with one of the parent birds, a female. They are 

 exactly similar to those figured by me in ' The Ibis ' for 

 1904, pi. iii. figs. 1 & 3. 



(This nest was taken near Kangma, thirty miles from 

 Gyantse ; it consisted of dry grass and roots with a thick 

 lining of hair ; it was placed on a low bush about a foot 

 from the ground, and contained four almost fresh eggs. 

 These low bushes grow about the edges of the small fields at 

 the foot of the nullahs. Local name of bird Awal-look-si.) 



Carpodacus pulcherrimtjs (Hodgson). Hodgson's Rose- 

 Finch. 



Dresser, Man. Palsearct. B. p. 325. 



Two clutches of eggs and several birds were sent, all 

 obtained near Gyantse in the latter half of July. The eggs 

 are deep turquoise-blue, slightly dotted at the larger end 

 with black, and measure from 0*75 by 0*54 to 0*76 by 

 0*55 inch. 



(This Rose-Finch nests in bushes in the thorn-jungles, 

 some three or four feet from the ground, and never in the 

 higher branches. The nest is constructed of dry grass with 

 a very thick lining of liair, and the number of eggs in a 

 clutch varies from three to four. Local name Peyam-bejee.) 



Otocorys elwesi Blanf. Elwes's Shore-Lark. 

 Dresser Man. Palsearct. B. p. 379. 



One clutch of two eggs, with the parent bird, obtained 

 near Gyantse on the 6th of June, 1905. They are pale 

 yellowish grey, marked all over with pale wood-brown, and 



