40 FR1NGILLID.E. 



Coccothraustes japonicus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 506 (1850) ; Horsf. fy 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 463 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 87, no. 7287 (1870) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1874, p. 160 ; Tacz. J. f. 0. 



1874, p. 331 ; Swinh. Ibis, 1875, p. 121 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. 



France, i. p. 181 (1876) ; Blakist. fy Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 245 ; Tacz. 



Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, p. 138 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 97. 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, Middend. Sibir. Rets. p. 154 (1851); Schrenck, 



Reis. Amurl. p. 300 (1859) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 336 ; Blakist. 



Ibis, 1862, p. 328 ; Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vbg. p. 193 (1863) ; Whitely, 



Ibis, 1863, p. 193; Dyboicski, J.f. 0. 1868, p. 335; Swinh. P. Z. S. 



1870, p. 448 ; David, N. Arch. Mus. vii. Bull. p. 10 (1871) ; id. 



4- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 348 (1877). 



Adult male. Only differs from the same sex of C. coccothraustes 

 in having the wing-coverts ashy whitish or pale drab at the ends 

 instead of whitish : " bill horn-colour ; legs and toes flesh-colour " 

 (H. Whitely). Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 385, tail 2. 



Adult female. Differs Eke the male from the corresponding sex of 

 O. coccothraustes. Total length 7 inches, culmen - 8, wing 4-1, 

 tail 2*1, tarsus 0*85. 



Hah. Eastern Siberia and Japan, extending into Northern China 

 as far west as the Ichang gorge, according to the late Consul 

 Swinhoe ; Mongolia and Thibet (A. David). 



Japan. India Museum. 



Japan. Gould Coll. 



Yokohama, Japan. Prof. Milne [C.]. 



Nagasaki, Japan. F. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 



China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



Chusan (Capt. Ince). Goidd Coll. 



2. Coccothraustes humii. (Plate I.) 



Coccothraustes vulgaris (nee L.), Hume, Ibis, 1869, p. 4"i<>; id. Sir, 

 F. vii. pp. 413, 462 (1877), viii. p. 108 (1879); ? Barnes, Sir. F. 

 ix. p. 456 (1880). 



Coccothraustes humii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 97. 



Adult male. Differs from ft coccothraustes in its paler coloration, 

 and in the side of the body being pale tawny or orange-brown 

 instead of vinaceous. Total length 6-9 inches, culmen U-y, wing 3 - 8, 

 tail 2*1, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Differs from the femalo C. coccothraustes in being 

 ochreous-brown above, pale ashy ochreous on the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts ; crown of head ashy grey like the hind neck ; 

 sides of face also ashy grey, washed with ochreous ; breast and bides 

 of body ochreous buff, instead of vinaceous brown ; centre of breast 

 and abdomen white. Total length 6-75 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 

 3*9, tail 2-35, tarsus 0'8. 



Hub. North-western Punjab ; ? Afghanistan. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Attock, N.YY. Punjab, March Hume Coll. 



1869 (Col Delme Radcliffe). (Types of species.) 

 c. 2 ad - sk - Attock, Feb. 1870 (D. R.). Hume Coll. 



