FURTHER NOTES ON BIRDS ABO J FT SIMLA. 103 



The young males and the females are absolutely alike in plum- 

 age and agree completely with the description of the adult female, 

 of which however I have been unable to examine specimens. 



Iris brown ; legs dull brown, claws blackish ; Bill dull brown 

 above, horny livid below (adult males) ; livid horny (young males 

 and females). 



The Pink-browed Rose-Finch, Carpodaacs rhodochroa, Nig. 



A very few of these Rose-Finches were met about 7,-")0()- 

 8,000 feet on Jakko and at Kufri, and the two specimens which 

 I actually obtained I fired at under the impression from their 

 behaviour that I was obtaining Jerdon's Accentor. The call note 

 is very sweet and canary like. 



The Himalayan Greenfinch, Acantliis spinoides, Vig. 



On Ticehiirst's arrival at Fagoo there were small parties of this 

 Finch still about in the cultivation. Adults were in worn breed- 

 ing dress and a bird in juvenile plumage just out of thw nest was 

 obtained by him on October 19th. 



The species was not however observed by me apart from the 

 fact that I heard its call note just below Kasumpti Bazar on 

 November 6th. 



The House-Sparrow, Passe?' domesticus indicus, Jard -'c Selby. 



Common both in Simla and at about Fagoo rest-house. A 

 pair observed appear somewhat darker on the underparts than 

 birds from the plains. 



The Cinnamon Sparrow. Passer ndilans debilis, Hartert. 



Common about Fagoo, both in October and November and a 

 flock met with in cultivation at 6,500 feet, below Kasumpti on 

 November 6th. When in flocks about cultivation this sparrow is 

 wild and difficult to approach, but the birds about the neighbour- 

 hood of houses are tame and familiar enough, either taking the 

 place of the last species or being found together with it. 



Stoliczka's Mountain-Finch, Montiftinf/illa nemoricola altaica. Eversm. 

 First observed on November 13th at Kufri where a fiock 

 were frequenting the rough undergrowth of sallow which borders 

 the terraced cultivation there at 8,500 feet. One or two other 

 flocks were seen towards Fagoo on later dates, but I never was 

 able to get to terms with this finch and only secured a single 

 specimen by firing at a flock which passed high over my head 

 when I was beating a wood for pheasants. The habits of these 

 flocks have been noted under the heading of Prunella himalayana. 



The Pine-bunting, Emheriza leucocephala. S. G. Gmel. 



A few were observed about 8,500 feet at Kufri on November 

 9th and a single bird was found several hundred feet higher than 

 this on the same ridge on November 14th. The call is a sharp 

 ''Pit, " Pit." 



The White-capped Bunting, Emhen::a stewarti, Blyth. 



While it was difficult to be sure of identifying this bunting 

 amongst the great numbers of the next species, I certainly saw 

 it about 8,500 feet on the Kufri-Fagoo ridge on November 9th 

 and 14th. 



