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by some lapsus calami, that this species u is found in India only 

 in the North- West Provinces, most abundant in the Dukhun and 

 thence extending to the upper provinces of Hindustan." As a 

 fact, this species never occurs in the North- West Provinces at all, 

 nor in the Punjaub nor I believe in Upper Sindh nor in any part 

 of Rajpootana except the extreme south-west corner. — A. 0. H.] 



722. — Euspiza luteola, Sparrman. 



The Red-headed corn Bunting is common in this part of the 

 country, arriving about the middle of September. I am informed 

 that it is plentiful also in many localities further north in Raj- 

 pootana. It associates with the preceding species, congregating 

 in the Bajra crops in immense flocks. I did not observe it at 

 Mount Aboo. 



[This species is not uncommon in parts of Jodhpoor, and Mr. 

 Adam observed it often about the Sambhur Lake, and I pro- 

 cured it at Soojut, Pallee and many other places. Further east 

 in Jeypoor and the Doab, to neither of which melanocephala 

 extends, it is common, but I have no record of its occurrence 

 in Sindh, Cutch or Kattiawar. This is the more noteworthy, 

 because at Soojut and other neighbouring localities I found this 

 species so closely associated with melanocepliala, that every shot 

 into a flock of the latter always brought down a certain percen- 

 tage of the present species. As a fact I presume that luteola, 

 visits us from the north, and melanocephala from the west ; and 

 that their respective areas of distribution, which have not yet 

 been completely worked out, only partially coincide. — A. O. H.] 



724.— Melophus melanicterus, Gmel. 



The Crested Black Bunting is one of the commonest birds 

 at Blount Aboo, but I do not think it occurs in the plains, at all 

 events at any distance from the foot of the hills. It breeds 

 during the monsoon in June and July, during which months 

 I have often noticed the nests, which are generally placed in a 

 hole on the side of a bank, or at the foot of a rock under cover 

 of a tuft of grass or ferns. See also Nests and Eggs, Rough 

 Draft, p. 467. 



[Found nowhere as yet throughout the entire region (as a 

 rule tho' stragglers may occur anywhere,) except at and about 

 Aboo and the representative locale, the Koochawan Hills, of 

 Jodhpoor. However it will probably turn up in the Gir. — 

 A. 0. H.] 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, Pall. 



The Common Rose Finch is very plentiful at Mount Aboo 

 during the cold weather, and it is not uncommon in the plains 

 below, frequenting babool jungles, &c. It is very fond of the 



