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Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. 
Melanocorypba bimaculata (Menetr.). [B. 244. W. 
1903, p. 526; 1907, p. 98.] 
<? • April 15, Tehran. 
Fringilla ccelebs L. [B. 247. W. 1907, p. 99.] 
c?. Feb. 18, ") q . n • « 
' > S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
? . March 4, / ' P 
Chaffinches were extraordinarily numerous at Resht in 
February and all along the coast, but they became much 
scarcer towards the east and around Asterabad Bay, and in 
the forest near Bandar Gez there were very few. They 
were seen in the forest on the hills up to about 6000 feet. 
On our return to Resht in May scarcely a Chaffinch was to 
be met with.”—R. B. W. 
Fringilla montifringilla L. 
? . Feb. 18, - 
$ . March 11, 
cJ. March 16, 
? . March 18*. 
[*B. 247.] 
>-S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
“ Bramblings were seen in small numbers, but nowhere 
very numerous, in the more open places along the coast, 
generally in company with flocks of Chaffinches. They all 
seemed to have departed north by the time we returned to 
the coast in May.”—R. B. W. 
These are typical examples of the Brambling, the 
occurrence of which in Persia seems to have been previously 
uncertain. The birds are no doubt winter migrants to the 
Caspian region. 
S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
Ligurinus chloris (L.). [*B. 247. W. 1907, p. 99.] 
? . March 6, 
$ . March 25, 
£. May 15, Elburz Mts. (near Resht). 
“ Very few Greenfinches were seen.”—R. B. W. 
These are rather brightly coloured, but they are not so 
small as L. chloroticus , which does not appear to occur in 
Persia. 
