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729.— Pyrrhula erythrocephala, Vigors. 



At Danguli some were procured. 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, Pallas. 



Frequently seen in the upper parts of the valley. 



742.— Propasser rhodochrous, Vigors. 



Frequently seen, and a few procured at Danguli, Suki, and 

 Derali. 



734 Ms. — Propasser ambiguus, Hume ? 



Five females of a species I am unable to determine were pro- 

 cured at Suki and Derali. At the latter place they were 

 congregated with numbers of Fringilauda sordida. There were 

 no red males with them. I sent one to Mr. Hume. 



748.— Callacanthis Burtoni, Gould. 



In the woods above Derali, but not common. 



749.— Carduelis caniceps, Vigors. 



Common in the upper parts of the valley. 



750.— Coccothraustes spinoides, Vigors. 



This bird, not being a Siskin, I have altered the generic term,* 

 vide J. A. S., 1872, p. 84. I saw some between Sansoo and 

 Kauriagalia, and obtained one. 



751. — Metoponia pusilla, Pallas. 



Common from Danguli upwards. They were in flocks in 

 the middle of May. 



753 his. — Fringilauda sordida, Stoliczka. 



Common on the hill side above Derali, where there was open 

 ground. 



778.— Sphenocercus sphenurus, Vigors. 



Common in the lower parts of the valley. 



778. Ms.— Sphenocercus minor, N. Sp.i 



Very similar in colour to the former, but altogether smaller. 

 Its much shorter tail at once strikes the observer. 



* But it is not a Coccothraustes, and why not take Cabanis' name Hypacanthis.— 

 See Nests and Eggs, p. 472. — Ed. 



f I have shot many of these, but do not believe them to be distinct, but only young 

 birds, because two nestlings that I took in 1851 and kept for more than three years had 

 scarcely attained their full size when they were killed. During their second year, 

 they were much smaller, and had much shorter tails, but by the middle of the third 

 year they were full-sized. Minor for all that may be a good species and may never 

 grow bigger, but certainly young sphenurus would answer exactly to the above 

 definition of minor. — Ed. 



