Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. 511 
Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). [B. 250. W. 1907, 
p. 101.] 
Four males. May 4 & 6, Elburz Mts. (north and south 
sides, alt. 6500 ft.). 
“A few seen in the oak-scrub at from six to seven thousand 
feet, but they were uncommon and very shy and difficult to 
obtain, although the loud shrill whistle of the male, uttered 
from the top of a bush, at once attracts attention to the bird, 
even at a distance. They were breeding in May.”—R. B. W. 
Rhodopechys sanguinea (Gould). [B. 252. W. 1907, 
p. 102.] 
S&- April 30, Elburz Mts. (near Demavend, alt. 
8000 ft.). 
These specimens, as well as those of the last species, are 
of a more greyish pink and much less brilliant than are birds 
later on in the summer. The rami only of the feathers are 
pink while the radii are grey or white, and the wearing off of 
the grey radii makes the pink shew up brilliantly, exactly as 
it does in the Linnet. 
Serinus pusillus (Pall.). [B. 250.] 
<J <$ S ? • April 8,"j 
S- April 21, > Elburz Mts. 
$ . April 28, ) 
“ Very plentiful in the lower non-afforested valleys of the 
north side of the mountains and seen up to 8000 feet. The 
birds were in large flocks near Aliabad in the Herhaz 
valley.”—R. B. W. 
Pyrrhula pyrrhula caspica Witherby, Bull. B. O. C. 
xxiii. p. 48. 
$. Feb. 21, Surdabend ; $. Feb. 25, Alumdeh, south 
coast, Caspian Sea. 
“ Bill black; feet and iris dark brown. Only a few Bull¬ 
finches were seen. They were usually amongst the strips of 
box-wood near the shore.”—R. B. W. 
As already stated (Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 48) the under 
parts of this Bullfinch are brighter and redder ( i . e. less 
