576 BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA— RICHMOND. vol.xviii. 



Male, adult, Gez defile, road to the Pamir, Eastern Turkestan, Marcli 

 31, 1894. Two specimens. 



Female, adult, Tagdumbasli Tamir, June 11, 1894; 13,000 feet. 



Male, immature, Kuen-Luen Mountains, Killian Pass, Eastern Tur- 

 kestan, August G, 1893; 10,000 feet. " Bill pale liorn brown." 



Male, immature, Kuen-Luen Mountains, Killian Pass, Eastern Turkes- 

 tan, August 0, 1893; 10,000 feet. "Bill greenisli yellow." 



31. CARPODACUS RHODOCHLAMYS (Brandt). 



Male, adult, Thian-Slian Mountains, below the Saribeli Pass, Octo- 

 ber 28, 1893; 9,000 feet. 



Female, adult, Thian-Slian Mountains, below the Saribeli Pass, Octo- 

 ber 28, 1893; 9,000 feet. 



Female, adult, Pishak Sindi, east of Maralbashi, Eastern Turkestan, 

 January 27, 1894. " Bill dark born brown, pale underneath ; irides 

 hair brown; feet dark iieshy brown,'' 



Female, adult, junction of Aksu and Kashgar rivers, Eastern Tur- 

 kestan, December 2, 1893. 



32. CARPODACUS STOLICZK.^ (Hume.) 



Male, adult, mountains above Eggis Yar, Eastern Turkestan, June 

 28, 1894; 7,000 feet. 



33. PYRRHOSPIZA LONGIROSTRIS, Prjevalsky. 



Female, adult, north side of Killian Pass, Kuen-Luen Mountains, 

 Eastern Turkestan, August 5, 1893; 15,000 feet. "Upper mandible 

 dark horn brown; lower mandible liesh color; irides light brown: feet 

 blackish brown ; length, 8^ inches." 



Male, adult, Teret Pass, Eastern Turkestan, June 26, 1894; 13,300 

 feet. 



Male, adult, Tagdumbash Pamir, May 21, 1894; 14,000 feet. "Bill 

 brownish horn, paler beneath; lengtb, 8 inches." 

 - Female, adult, Tagdumbash Pamir, May 21, 1894; 14,000 feet. 



Previous to the receipt of Dr. Abbott's specimens the National 

 Museum possessed no skins of this rare bird, and it has been somewhat 

 difficult to decide, from descriptions alone, to which of the described 

 forms these specimens belong. On the whole, I think they come nearer 

 P. longirostris of Prjevalsky, with whose description and plate they 

 have been carefully, compared. The dimensions ai^jjear to be greater 

 than in the allied forms (see table of measurements), and the females 

 sent by Dr. Abbott agree in general with Prjevalsky's diagnosis, but 

 not so well with Sharpe's description of the female oi r.ininicea,^ from 

 which they differ in having the runjp maize yellow, in decided contrast 

 to the color of the back; the breast maize j^ellow, many of the feathers 

 broadly tipped with glossy ocher yellow and centered with narrow 



1 Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, p. 432. 



