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doubtfully distinct. The eggs, like the parent birds, are 

 practically indistinguishable. I have never seen any clutch 

 of these eggs with all of their number unmarked, but pure 

 blue eggs often occur, and in one clutch exhibited there are 

 three such. 



The eggs shown of Propasser rhodochroa were nearly all 

 taken by Mr. S. L. Whymper in Garhwal at a height of 

 some 1 2,000 feet. There are not many clutches in collections, 

 with the exception of those taken by that gentleman. 



There are two sets of the very rare P. thura thura and 

 one of the even rarer P. ambigua, only one or two others 

 being known of either species ; whilst the next, P. rJwdopeplus, 

 is one of the only two clutches known, both of which were 

 also taken by Mr. S. L. Whymper. 



The eggs of Propasser rubicilla edwardsi and P. r. severtzori 

 all come from Tibet. The former is a very rare form, 

 apparently breeding more to the north-west, whilst the latter 

 is a very common form on the plateaux south and south-east 

 of the same country. Eggs of the latter were first taken by 

 Major F. M. Baily and Col. Stern, I.M.S., and have since 

 then been taken by several men who have been good enough 

 to collect for me in Tibet. I do not think they breed under 

 about 12,000 feet and are certainly found up to 15,000. 



Of the beautiful Rose-Finch, Carpodacus e. erytlirinus, I 

 show three clutches to compare with the small series exhibited 

 of the eastern form, C. e. roseatus. In this latter are some 

 remarkable sets. The pure blue and the well-spotted dark 

 set were both taken by the late Major "Whitehead on the 

 same day, and within a few yards of one another, in the 

 Khagan Valley on the extreme N.W. Frontier of India. 



The extraordinary C/7 were taken by Col. H. H. Harington 

 in the same valley on the 27th June, 1914, at about 9000 feet. 

 The three spotted eggs were all addled, and the four paler ones 

 quite fresh. Apparently one bird had deserted its nest, which 

 had then been taken over by another of the same species. 



The egg shown of Procarduelis nepalensis is from a C/3 

 taken by Mr. Whymper in the Pindan Valley, Kumaon, at 

 about 10,000-12,000 feet elevation. This clutch is still, I 



