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Genus C ALL AC ANTHIS. 



60. Callacanthis burtoni. 



Callacanthis burtoni (Gould) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 232 (1888) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 226 (1890). 



Colonel Biddulph procured a male at Sonamarg on the IGth of July. He says it was 

 seen here and at Grulmurg on the return journey only. 



Genus ACANTHIS. 



61. Ac ANTHIS BREVIROSTEIS. 



Linota brevirostris, Bp. ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 260, pi. 26 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 



p. 170 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 250 (1876) ; Prjev.in Bowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 306 (1877); 



Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 86, 1882, p. 284. 

 Acanthis flavirostris (nee L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873). 

 Linaria flavirostris (nee L.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 242. 

 Linaria brevirostris, Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 578. 

 Acanthis brevirostris (Bp.) ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii, p. 238 (1888); Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 



ii. p. 229 (1890). 



Nos. 618, 619, 624. Leh, September 4, 1873. 



Nos. 751, 752. Lukung, Pangong Lake, September 19, 1873. 



No. 778. Chagra, September 21, 1873. 



Nos. 792, 793. Pamsal, Changchenmo Valley, September 23, 1873. 



Nos. 1194, 1195. Chakmak, January 9, 1874. 



Nos. 1416, 1417. Sasstekke, March 23, 1874. 



Nos. 1483, 1485, 1486, 1511, 1521. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 



Nos. 1542, 1543, c^ ? . Panjah, April 24, 1874.— Length 5*5 inches, wing 3, tail 2'4, tarsus 

 0-68 ; expanse 9-15 ; bill from front 0-38, from gape 0-42 ; length of foot 1*2. Iris 

 dark brown; bill greenish yellow, dusky towards the tip ; feet brownish black. Middle 

 toe 0-65 inch, hind toe 0-5 ; wings reach within 1*25 of end of tail. 



Nos. 1545, 1547, 1548, 1550. Panjah, April 24, 1874. 



No. 1558. Panjah, April 25, 1874. 



No. 1846. Kugiar, June 2, 1874. 



A full description of the changes of plumage in this Linnet are given by me in the British- 

 Museum ' Catalogue ' {I, <?.). 



Dr. Scully states that " this species was fairly numerous in the hills on the south side of 

 Eastern Turkestan at elevations from 8000 to 13,000 feet. It was first observed near the 

 Chuchu Pass, and was quite common near Gulgun Shah in the Karakash valley, where a 

 young nestling was obtained, proving that the bird breeds in that locality— probably in July 

 and August." 



Dr. Stoliczka found the species common and evidently breeding at Panjah on the 15th 

 of April, and after crossing the Chiklik Pass on the 4th of June, 1874, he says that he found 

 it breeding in the valley near Duba. 



Colonel Biddulph's note is as follows :— ^" We first met with this Linnet at Leh and near 

 the Pangong lake. We procured them at intervals all across the Karakorum, both coming and 

 going. We also got them in the plains of Turkestan during the winter, and in Wakhan in 



