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W. T. Blanford — Zoology of Sikkim. [No. 1, 
747 PvuimosPiZA punicea, Hodgs. — A single male of this large finch 
was shot by me at about 14,000 feet elevation on the Chola range, on a 
grassy hill side, with scattered hushes, and in the neighbourhood of rocky 
crags. 
746 Peocaedtjelis Nipalensis, Hodgs. — I saw this bird once or twice 
on the Chola range at about 13,000 to 14,000 feet elevation, and a specimen 
was, I think, shot by Captain Elwes. It was seen on open grassy ground 
with scattered rocks and scrub rhododendron. 
750 Chbtsomitets spotoides, (Vigors). — Common in small flocks up 
to about 9,000 feet locally in the Lachung valley, keeping to clearings or 
grassy hill sides. I did not notice the Siskin either on the Chola range or 
at high elevations in Northern Sikkim. It probably breeds at moderate 
altitudes. I found flocks early in September as low as 7,000 feet, at Kedam, 
between Chdngtam and LacMng. 
753 FEiNGiLr.AunA nemo bicola, Hodgs. — Elwes obtained one speci- 
men which, 1 believe, belonged to this species, at the Tankra pass. I did not 
meet with the bird myself, nor have I compared Elwes’s specimen since 
returning, but this bird has been frequently obtained in Sikkim before. 
(Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 45). 
Leucosticte HiEMATOPYGiA, Gould. — I only met with this bird within 
a mile or two of Kangra Lama pass, at an elevation exceeding 15,000 feet. 
There it was abundant in flocks of 15 or 20. It has a rather swift flight, 
and from the nature of the country it inhabits, in autumn at all events, 
must always settle on the ground or on rocks. 
In none of my specimens are the pink edges to the feathers of the rump 
much developed, and in some, doubtless young birds, they are entirely want- 
ing ; the distinction is not sexual, for I have more than one female in which 
they are fairly developed. The head too is much paler in colour than in 
Gould’s figure in the Birds of Asia ; some specimens have the head feathers 
dark at the base with broad brown margins, which would doubtless wear off 
in the spring as in JSuspixa melanocephala. The iris is brown ; bill black, 
except at the base of the lower mandible, where it is greenish ; legs black. 
Dimensions taken on fresh specimens. 
Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from forehead. 
Male 7 4 6 31 0 85 0'45 inch. 
Female 7 4'3 31 0’85 0'42 „ 
Moktieeingilla btjficollis, sp. nov. Mas capite dorsoque pallidescente 
hrunneis, hoc late fuscescente slriato ; frontc albescent c, uropygio rufescente ; 
superciliis, genis, mento et gala media albis ; loris, linea infraoculari, (postice 
supra regionem auricularem producta et brunnesoente,) et slriis duobus 
gularibus, una ut cinque ab mandibuli producta, postice diver gent ibus, nigris ; 
regione auricular i et colli laleribus ferrugineis, spatio parvo cilbo subtus ad 
