28 
SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
No. 869, d imm. Tam, October 25, 1878. — Iris brown ; bill as above ; feet pale 
Length 6'35 inches, wing 33, tail 234, tarsus 075 ; expanse 1R2 ; bill from f° ie 
0 45, from gape 0 62. 
No. 883, d ad. Kiwaz, October 26, 1873. 
No. 1196, d acl. South of Chakmak, January 9, 1874. 
No. 1295, d acl. Kashgkar, Eebruary 1, 1874. 
No. 1296, ? ad. Kashgliar, Eebruary 2, 1874. -ello^ 
No. 1482, d ad. Panjah, April 18, 1874. — Iris blackish brown; bill greenish 
above, blackish towards the tip, yellow round the base, particularly below 
brown, the claws darker, the soles yellow. Length 6 - 8 inches, wing 3’7, ^ ^ ^ 
t»ii ^ 
tarsus 0'8 ; expanse 11'15 ; bill from forehead 048, from gape 0'58. Wiug s rea 
within L2 inch of end of tail. 
Nos. 1583-84, d $ . Langarkish, April 26, 1874. „ 
1 0 u 
The males shot in April are in full breeding-plumage, being black above am ^ 
sides of the face. Dr. Stoliczka’s notes show the change in the colour of bill in sUin 
winter. 
Genus CARDUELIS. 
58. Carduelis caniceps. 
Carduelis caniceps, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 23 
79)' 
Jbi 3 ' 
Ulus- 
.243, 
005 (1 8/ • 
Pin sell, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxix. p- " JP 3 ) 
Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 67 ; Bidcl. Ibis, 1881, p. 85 ; Scully, t. c. p. 578 ; C. ^ 
1882, p. 115; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 89; Sbarpe, Cat. B. 
xii. p. 189 (1888) ; Oates, Paun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 225 (1890) . _ 
Carduelis orient alls, Eversm. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 116(1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 18 ’ 
387 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 180 (1876) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 54 (l88o) • 
Nos. 229, 231, 234. Srinagar, July 31, 1873. 
An adult and two young birds. q . pill 
No. 283. Gond, August 8, 1873. — Length 336 inches, wing 33, tail 2’0, tarsus ^ th e 
from front 0‘5, from gape 0'55. Iris dark brown; bill pale fleshy, dusky totvto 
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 sp cC1 
Srinagar and in the Sind valley in July. 
Genus CHEYSOMITRIS. 
59. CflRYSOMITRIS SPINOIDES. 
Carduelis spinoides, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 44. . , 
Hypacanthis spinoides, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 161 (1850) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Bh 
(1890). 
ii. V- 
231 
Chrysomitris spinoides , Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 201 (1888). 
0-62 
. ^ 
No. 282. Gond, August 8, 1873. — Length 3'25 inches, wing 3T, tail L8, tarsu^^V j l0 p i/ 
from front 0 - 42, from gape 0 - 5. Iris brown ; bill fleshy brown above ; 
brown. 
