DETAILED LIST OF BIRDS. 
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738. Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas). 
The Scarlet Bullfinch was very common in June and 
July, in Kashmir, from the Sind Valley, and in Ladak to 
the first pass beyond Le. The birds were in small flocks, 
and as all the specimens obtained were males in full breed- 
ing plumage, and no females were noticed, it is probable 
that these were sitting at the time, and that this species 
breeds in both provinces. It was not observed in the high 
desert regions, nor in Yarkand, and when the expedition re- 
turned none were seen in either Ladak or Kashmir. [G. H.'] 
The birds had by that time doubtless returned to the 
plains, where I have killed both old and young early in 
September. I do not think it has ever been noticed, that 
old females often have a dull orange patch on the chin, and 
a tinge of the same colour on the forehead. \_A. O. 
741. Propasser rhodochlamys (Brandt). 
A single specimen, a female, apparently of this species, 
was obtained in Ladak on the banks of the Indus near Le^ 
iG.H.-\ 
It corresponds in plumage with other specimens that I 
possess, and with Gould^s figure, but the dimensions are un- 
usually large. Length, 7'5 ; wing, 4-1 ! 
This species is only a winter visitant to the British 
Himalayas. At that season it is not very uncommon, and 
one or two specimens are to be found in every collection 
made during the cold weather, near Darjeeling, Almora^ 
Massuri, Simla, and Murree. \_A. O. H.] 
751. Metoponia pusilla (Pallas). 
This species was met with in immense flocks, both in 
July and October, almost throughout Ladak, from Dras to 
Fota-la Pass. It was observed feeding on the flowers and 
seeds of an Artemisia. 
It probably breeds in May, and not impossibly in Ladak. 
When in flocks the sexes seem to keep apart, as out of 
some flocks a number of males only would be shot, while 
out of others nothing but females were obtained. 
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