8^ FRINGILLID^. 



1. Neorhynchus nasesus. 



Callirhynchus masesus, Bp. C. R. xlii. p. 822 (1856). 



Neorhynchus nasesus, Scl. P. Z. S. 18G9, p. 147, pi. 12 ; Taez. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 520, 1877, p. 320 ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 223 (1882) ; 



Berlepsch 8f Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 537, 550. 

 Gyrhiuorhynchus masesus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 107, no. 7625 



(1870). 

 Sporophila masesus, Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 521 (1877). 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts blackish brown, 

 edged with whity brown and tipped with white, forming a double 

 wing-bar, broader on the median coverts ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills blackish brown, edged with ashy brown, hoary 

 towards the end of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts dark ashy 

 tail-feathers blackish brown, edged with ashy brown ; crown of head 

 and hind neck dark ashy grey, contrasting slightly with the back 

 lores, feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts also dark ashy grey 

 with an indistinct spot of white below the eye ; cheeks ashy grey 

 the hinder part white, forming a broad streak, which extends on to 

 the sides of the neck ; fore neck and chest ashy brown, black on the 

 sides ; breast and abdomen white, the sides of the body and flanks 

 ashy brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts white : under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, the latter tinged with yellow ; quills 

 below dusky, ashy whitish along the inner edge : " bill horn- colour ; 

 feet clear horn-colour ; iris dark brown" (Jelshi). Total length 

 4'3 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2-5, tail 1*75, tarsus - 65. 



The male in fresh plumage (December and January) is distin- 

 guished by the complete absence of the dark spots on the top of 

 the head ; by the grey rather than the ashy shade of the upper 

 part of the body taking a slightly brownish tint on the back and 

 rump ; by the bands on the wings being less pronounced and 

 isabollinc colour, instead of being white ; the black of the throat 

 less intense and of a sooty colour ; the white of the underparts 

 more or less washed with isabelline, upper mandible slightly 

 brownish. (TaczanowsJci.) 



Adult female. General colour above uniform brown ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dark brown, edged 

 with whity brown ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark 

 brown, narrowly edged with whity brown, the inner secondaries 

 with warmer brown like the back ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, edged with whity brown ; crown of head 

 brown like the back ; lores and an indistinct eyebrow of pale brown ; 

 ear-coverts and cheeks pale brown ; throat very pale fulvous brown, 

 like the fore neck ; breast and abdomen dull white ; sides of body 

 and flanks pale fulvous brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts white, 

 slightly tinged with fulvous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white ; quills below dusky brown, ashy whitish along the inner 

 edge. Total length 4 - 4 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-2, tail T5, 

 tarsus 0*65. 



