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playiiio- pToiinds, bi^t in other cases the mating was 

 accidental. Mr. Millais believed the male parent to be 

 the Black Cock in every case. 



A communication from Dr. P. Sushkin contained some 

 notes on the birds of tli<» Tarljag'atai ran^e and Zaissan-noor 

 valley, with descriptions of new forms. 



Leucosticte ann^, sp. n. 



^ . Cinerea ; fronte, facie, auricularibus cinereis, pileo 

 postico fusco-atro, nncha brunnea, dorso sujieriore brun- 

 nescenti lavato ; tectricibus alae minoribus, subalaribus 

 et axillaribus argenteo cinereis, roseo limbatis ; remigibus 

 fiisco-atris, primariis extus rosaceo marginatis, secinidariis 

 pogonio externo fere toto cinereo ; dorso inferiore vix 

 conspicu'e rosaceo squamulato ; tectricibus fusco-atris, extus 

 late cinereo limbatis. Iride fusca, rostro pedibusque fus- 

 co-atris. Long. tot. 170-191, ulna 111-11(), cauda 74-82, 

 rostr. 10-5-12, tars. 20-22. (Secundum tres ^ ad finem 

 junii occisos descripta. 



Hah. Regio alpina montis Mus-tau, jugi Saur (montium 

 Tarbagatai pars orientalis atque altissima), ad confines 

 occidentales Asiae centralis. 



Ohs. The range of this new Leucosticte seems to be very 

 restricted, as it was not met with in the other parts of 

 Tarbagatai. Its nearest ally is undoubtedly L. hrandii, Bp., 

 from which L. annae is at once distinguished by its grey 

 forehead, face and ear-coverts, and by the black hinder 

 part of the pilemn. 



Embeeiza pyrkhuloides harterti, subsj). n, 



(^ and ? Figura rostri et corporis statura E. tschusii, 

 Reis. Si Aim. simillima, vix major, sed clarius laetiusque 

 picta, interscaj)ulio valde nigricante, i^lumis late nigerrimo 

 striatis. Ab E. pi/rrhvloide typica dilfert rostro debiliore, 

 coloribus laetis, haud exoletis, dorso inferiore in mari 

 cinereo nee cinera scent i albido, in femina jDallide griseo 

 nee pallide isabellino. (Secundum 3 (J et 1 ? , initio 

 Junii occisos, descripta.) 



