BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA—OBERHOLSEB. 



dark brown 5 bill brownish black ; feet dull blackish. In flocks of 10 

 or 12, feeding on ground on bare, stony hillsides." 



These specimens agree perfectly with other adults, except that the 

 bright patch on the forehead is orange instead of scarlet, a condition 

 very probably due to the abrasion incident to the breeding season. 



PASSER DOMESTICUS INDICUS (Jardine and Selby). 



Passer indicus Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn., Ill, October, 1831, pi. 118. 

 Passes- domesticus indicus Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 8. 



Two breeding specimens from Fotu-la Pass, Ladak, at an altitude of 

 12,000 feet. 



LEUCOSTICTE BRANDTI Bonaparte. 



Leucosticte irandti Bonaparte, Consp. Av., I, 1850, p. 537. 



Three summer specimer.s from Ladak : two of these are from below 

 the Kazuri-la, Ladak, at 16,000 feet, where Dr. Abbott reports the spe- 

 cies as occurring in small flocks on grassy areas ; the third individual 

 is from Gya, Ladak, at 14,000 feet. "Bill and feet black; iris dark 

 brown." 



MONTIFRINGILLA ALTAICA (Eversmann) . 



Fringilla altaica Eversmann, Bull. Naturforsch. Gesellsch. Moscau, XXI, 1848, 



p. 219. 

 Fringillauda sordida Stoliczka, Jouru. As. Soc. Beng., XXXVII, 1868, p. 63. 



One specimen from The Lolab, Cashmere. "Feet brownish black; 

 iris pale brown." 



An examination of the original description of Eversmann's Fringilla 

 altaica, which Dr. Sharpe stated^ that he was unable to discover, proves 

 beyond a doubt what was long ago affirmed by Severtzoff ^ — the priority 

 of the name altaica for the species commonly called Montifringilla sor- 

 dida (Stoliczka). Eversmann gives the southern Altai Mountains, 

 " Umgegend des Dorfes Uimon " as the locality; and his diagnosis is as 

 follows : "-f"'. rostro crasso conico; gastrceo fusco-cinerco, concolore; notceo 

 fusco-liiurato, capite ferruginoso; rectricibus nigricantibus concoloribus. 

 tectricibus caudce superioribus apice lato alboJ' Mention also is made of 

 affinity to Leucosticte arctoa and Fringilla montifringilla. 



MONTIFRINGILLA ADAMSI Adams. 



Montifringilla adamsi Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858, p. 482 (from the Moore 

 manuscript). 



Three examples from Ladak : Fotu-la Pass, 12,000 feet; Upshi, Indus 

 Valley, 11,000 feet; and Phyang, Indus Valley, 11,000 feet. " Iris yel- 

 lowish brown ; bill, feet, and claws black." 



iCat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, p. 266 (footnote). 

 2 Stray Feathers, III, 1875, p. 424: Ibis, 1883, p. 60. 

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