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170.—Linaria brevirostris, Gould. (751 dis.) 
Extremely common at an elevation of about 5,000 feet from 
the first week in November to the first week in April; it 
probably breeds in the district at high elevations. In spring it 
is found about Gilgit in huge flocks; on the 7th March I 
picked up thirty-four specimens after one shot. Young males 
resemble the adult females in not having any pink colour on 
the rump ; but the pale tips to the wing-coverts and the mar- 
gins of the inner secondaries are broader. Sixty-six males 
measured :—Length, 5°3 to 5:8 inches ; wing, 2°93 to 3:2; tail, 
2°4 to 2°85; tarsus, 0°6 to 0°7; bill to gape, 0°39 to 0°43. 
And thirty-two females—Len gth, 5°15 to 5:4; wing, 2°83 to 3; 
tail, 2°3 to 2°5; tarsus, 0°6 to 0°65; bill to gape, 0°38 to 0-4, 
171.—Linaria cannabina, Zin. (751 ter.) 
Fairly common in winter at an elevation of 5,000 feet, from 
the beginning of November to the end of February. Gilgit 
specimens differ considerably from English ones, as noted 
ante, p. 87, but agree well with examples from Persia and 
Asia Minor. Many of my male birds are red on the rump, 
and have a red streak on the throat. If this pale eastern 
form of £. cannabina is to be separated, it should apparently 
bear the name of L. bedla, Khrenberg, with L. fringillirostris, 
Bonap., as a synonym. Thirteen males shot at Gilgit mea- 
sured :—Length, 5:4 to 5-9 inches ; wing, 3:1 to 3:3; tail, 2°3 to 
2°54; tarsus, 0°6 to 0°67; bill to gape, 0°44 to0-47. And 
twelve females—Length, 5:5 to 5°8 inches ; wing, 3:05 to 3:25; 
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tail, 2°3 to 2°42; tarsus, 0°6 to 0°65; bill to gape, 0°48 to 0°45. 
172.—Fringilla montifringilla, Zin. (752.) 
The Brambling only occurs on passage, and is not common. 
I have compared my Gilgit specimens with a large series of 
European ones; and they do not differ in any respect. In 
European specimens the white bar does not extend right 
across the wing; it begins on the outer web of the fourth 
quill, precisely as in the Gilgit specimens. 
174.—Fringillauda sordida, Stoliczka. (753 dis.) 
Very common at an elevation of about 5,000 feet from 
November to the first week in April; obtained in the third week 
in June at 9,000 feet. In nineteen males the wings measure 
3°9 to 4:1 inches, and in nine females 3-64 to 3°83. 
175.—Calandrella brachydactyla, Leis/. (761.) 
The Short-toed Lark is found in Gilgit in March on its way 
northwards, and is common again from the third week in 
