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Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 
Chrysomitris spinus (L.). [B. 247.] 
d . Feb. 13, ) g. coast 5 Caspian. Sea. 
S . Feb. 19, J F 
te Siskins were plentiful near Resht in February and were 
met with for some way along the coast, but became scarce as 
we went eastwards and were not seen east of Mashed-i-Ser, 
which was reached on March 3rd.”—R. B. W. 
Montifringilla alpicola (Pall.). [B. 248. W. 1903, 
p. 524; 1907, p. 99.] 
Two males, April 20, Elburz Mts. (near Demavend, alt. 
8600 ft.). 
Carduelis carduelis. 
g . April 2, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
This bird is' remarkably like the specimen obtained by 
Mr. Woosnam in 1905 at the Diz River in South-west Persia 
—a bird which puzzled me greatly (cf. Ibis, 1907, p. 99). 
The measurements of the two birds are practically identical 
and their coloration is similar. I think that they must both 
be referred to typical C. carduelis , and it must be supposed 
that they were both migrants from the north. 
Carduelis carduelis minor Zarudny, Orn. Monatsb. xiv. 
p. 47. 
Carduelis elegans major (nee Tacz.), Witherby, Ibis, 1903, 
p. 521. 
$ . March 14, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
Compared with my specimens from South-west Persia, 
this bird is slightly darker, but it is of the same tone of 
colour and of the same measurements, and I think that it is 
undoubtedly of the same form as the plateau bird, but slightly 
less bleached. 
Linota cannabina fringillirostris Bp. & Schleg. [W. 
1903, p. 521 ; 1907, p. 101.] 
Two examples, March 25, south coast, Caspian Sea. 
^ ‘ ^ i 1 Elburz Mts. (north side). 
<J. April 28, J v ' 
“Not at all common and seldom seen throughout the 
journey.”—R. B. W^. 
