28 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



No. 869, d imm. Tarn, October 25, 1873. — Iris brown ; bill as above ; feet pale horny. 

 Length 6*35 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2'34, tarsus 0*75; expanse 10*2; bill from forehead 

 0*455 from gape 062. 

 . No. 883, c? ad. Kiwaz, October 26, 1873. 



No. 1196, c? ad. South of Chakmak, January 9, 1874. 



No. 1295, 6 ad. Kashghar, February 1, 1874. 



No. 1296, 2 ad. Kashghar, February 2, 1874. 



No. 1482, 6 ad. Panjah, April 18, 1874.— Iris blackish brown; bill greenish yellow 

 above, blackish towards the tip, yellow round the base, particularly below ; feet dusky 

 brown, the claws darker, the soles yellow. Length 6*8 inches, wing 3*7, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-8 ; expanse 11*15 ; bill from forehead 0-48, from gape 0*58. Wings reach to 

 within 1*2 inch of end of tail. 



Nos. 1583-84, c? 2 . Langarkish, April 26, 1874. 



The males shot in April are in full breeding-plumage, being black above and on the 

 sides of the face. Dr. Stoliczka's notes show the change in the colour of bill in summer and 

 winter. 



Genus CARDUELIS. 

 58. Caeduelis caniceps. 



Carduelis caniceps, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 23 ; Finscli, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxix. p. 205 (1879) ; 



Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 67 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 85 ; Scully, t. c. p. 578 ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 



1882, p. 115; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 89; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xii. p. 189 (1888) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 225 (1890). 

 Carduelis orientalis,^YeYsm.; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 116 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, pp.243, 



387; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 180 (1876) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 54 (1885). 



Nos. 229, 231, 234. Srinagar, July 31, 1873. 



An adult and two young birds. 

 No. 283. Gond, August 8, 1873.— Length 3-36 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2*0, tarsus 0-8 ; bill 



from front 0*5, from gape 0*55. Iris dark brown; bill pale fleshy, dusky towards the 



tips ; feet light horny brown. 

 Nos. 373, 378. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 

 No. 400. Mataian, August 14, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph only met with this Goldfinch in Kashmir, and procured specimens at 

 Srinagar and in the Sind valley in July. 



Genus CHR YSOMITRIS. 



59. CnHYSOMITEIS SPINOIDES. 



Carduelis spinoides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 44. 



Hypacanthis spinoides, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 161 (1850) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 231 



(1890). 

 Chrysomitris spinoides, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 201 (1888). 



No. 282. Gond, August 8, 1873.— Length 3-25 inches, wing 3*1, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-62 ; bill 

 from front 042, from gape 0-5. Iris brown ; bill fleshy brown above ; feet horny 

 browoi. 



