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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
in India, at Chaman. Subsequently Capt. Marshall and Major 
Betham found it common round Quetta, and the latter dis¬ 
covered a number of nests (vide Rep. of Baluchistan Nat. 
Hist. Soc. in J. B. N. H. S. xviii. p. 521). From the 8th of 
January till the 1st March, 1906, a flock frequented a 
Mohammedan cemetery near Kohat which was much over¬ 
grown with weeds, on the seeds of which they used to feed. 
The males had started singing by the 1st of March; the 
call-note may be rendered worr. 
[767.] Carduelis caniceps. The Himalayan Goldfinch. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (Quetta: scarce); 
Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 53 (very common in summer up to 
13,000 ft.) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484 (the majority migrate 
through Kashmir, but a few stay to nest). 
625, 626. $ $ ads. Kohat, 1760 ft., 29th February. 
A winter visitor, occurring in large flocks from November 
till the middle of April. Its confiding habits are taken 
advantage of by the local bird-catchers, who snare large 
numbers, retailing them at 2 d. or 3d. each. 
One of the commonest birds on the Samana in winter. 
Capt. Keen tells me that a few stayed there all through 
the summer, and he believes nested in the neighbourhood. 
We also observed a few in the Upper Kurram Valley in 
spring and summer. 
[768.] Callacanthis burtoni. The Red-browed Finch. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 53 (Chitral: summer visitor); 
Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 484, & xviii. p. 463 (nests in Kashmir). 
Not uncommon on the Safed Koh in summer between 
8000 and 9000 feet. Its loud whistling call-note— chew-ee — 
is very striking. It is usually uttered from high up on a 
bare branch. 
Colonel Ward describes a nest taken from a fir-tree at 9000 
feet as being very small and made of pine-needles; the eggs 
measured *88" x *65", and were of a greenish blue marked with 
dark brown spots at the larger end. 
[771.] Metoponia pusilla. The Gold-fronted Finch. 
Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (Quetta : common on 
