Western Persia and Armenia. 101 
Linora CANNABINA FRINGILLIROSTRIS (Bp. & Schleg.). 
PW bel 
Linaria cannabina (i..) ; [B. 249]. 
?. March 21, Shuster. 
¢. June 15, near Lake Urmia. 
?. June 16, Diza. 
do. July 20, Baibort. 
The specimen from Shuster is rather dark for this pale 
form, and may be an example of the typical L. cannabina. 
LINOTA FLAVIROSTRIS BREVIROSTRIS Moore, 
Linota brevirostris Gould; [ B. 250]. 
oS ¢. June 20, Bashkala, alt. 7000 ft. 
& ?. July 15, Arab Keni, alt. 7000 ft. 
These specimens are in worn plumage, and exhibit very 
pronounced dark markings on each side of the breast. 
L. f. stoliczke Hartert (Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 77) is a very 
distinct form, but owing to the great amount of change in 
the plumage of these birds at different seasons, due to the 
effects of abrasion, it is very necessary to compare them in 
the same state of plumage. The surest guide is in the width 
of the dark mesial markings on the breast-ieathers. In 
L. f. brevirostris these markings are much broader than in 
L. f. stoliczke, and if this is taken into consideration it will 
be found that L. f. brevirostris is confined to North Persia, 
Asia Minor, and the Caucasus, and does not range into 
Turkestan. The birds of the last country should be 
referred, I think, to L. f. stoliczke (cf. Hartert, V6g.. pal. 
Fauna, p. 77). 
The Thibetan L. f. rufo-strigata Walton (Bull. B. O. C. xv, 
p- 93) is like LZ. f. stoliczke, but is suffused with buff-colour. 
CaRPODACUS ERYTHRINUS ,Pall.). [B. 250.] 
6. July 8, Erzerum. 
3. July 19, Baibort. 
9. July 26, Sumela. 
“ Not uncommon on marshy ground. They have a loud 
clear long-drawn whistle, which can be heard at some 
distance.”—R. B. W. 
