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Mr. H. F. Witlierby on Birds from the 
pink) than in any other form of Pyrrhula . The colouring 
of the upper side is of a purer and bluer grey than that of 
P. p. pyrrhula. In measurements they are slightly larger 
than P. p. europcea and considerably smaller than P, p. 
pyrrhula and P. p. rossikowi. The wing in one specimen 
measures 87 and in the other 84 mm. 
CoCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES. [*B. 254.] 
d' $ . I eb. 18, ) gQutp coast, Caspian Sea. 
? . Feb. 19, J F 
“ Bill light horn-coloured ; feet pale flesh-coloured • iris 
light greyish brown. A good many Hawfinches were seen 
along the coast and they were extremely plentiful at one or 
two places, frequenting the mulberry plantations and alder 
and elm forest. A few were seen in the forest on the lower 
foot-hills. They seemed to have entirely disappeared by May. 
None were met with on the south side of the mountains.”—• 
R. B. W. 
I should have ventured to separate these Hawfinches as a 
distinct geographical form, but that Mr. Woosnam did not 
find them breeding, and the birds which he obtained appeared 
to be migrants from elsewhere. 
As compared to typical birds the male is altogether paler, 
has no rufous tint on the upper side, and has the forehead 
whitish buff, while the upper tail-coverts are yellowish brown 
with no trace of chestnut, and the under side is paler. The 
females are slightly greyer and less brown on the head, with 
the forehead and upper tail-coverts conspicuously paler. The 
measurements of the wings are large, that of the male being 
109 mm. and these of the females 106 and 104 mm. In 
coloration the birds are much like C. c. japonicus , but they 
have white wing-coverts not tipped with ashy and the 
measurements are larger. C. c. humii is easily distinguished 
by the yellowish-brown colour of its under side. 
Passer domesticus indicus Jard. & Selby. [B. 254. W. 
1903, p. 523; 1907, p. 102.] 
March and April, south coast, Caspian Sea. 
