32. mohtifrixgjx'la. 259 



h'". Black of throat extending on to fore 



neck ; forehead black davidiana, p. 265. 



b. Outer tail-feather with no white on the inner 

 web. 

 e'. With no rose-colour on the flanks. 



e". Head streaked with blackish centres like 

 the back ; no rose-colour or crimson on 

 the rump. 



*'"'. Axillaries saffron-yellow nemoricola, p. 268. 



k'". Axillaries ashy whitish sordida, p. 266. 



f". Head uniform; rump-feathers edged with 



crimson or rose-colour brandti, p. 269. 



d'. Flank-feathers edged with rose-colour. 

 g". Upper tail-coverts hoary grey like the tail, 

 and tipped with black ; wing-coverts and 

 quills also hoary grey, blackish attheends arctoa, p. 272. 

 A". Upper tail-coverts blackish like the tail 



and wings gigliolii, p. 273. 



i". Upper tail-coverts tipped with rose like 

 the rump ; lesser wing-coverts rosy. 

 /"'. Ear-coverts brown. 



,„.■,,, \ tephrocotis, p. 273. 



c*. Hind neck pearly grey j g^ p ^ 



d*. Hind neck brown like the back .... amtralis, p. 275. 

 m''\ Ear-coverts pearly grey or dark grey. 



e\ Forehead with a black patch; bind i iseinncha p . 2 75. 



neck pearly grey \littoralis, p. 277. 



f 1 . Forehead and crown grey ; hind neck 



sandy buff brunneinucha, p. 278. 



1. Montifringilla nivalis. 



Le Pincon de Neige ou la Niverolle, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 162, pi. 15. 



fig. 1 (17G0). 

 Fringilla nivalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 321 (1766) ; Temm. Man. 



cFOrn. i. p. 362 (1820); Bou.v, Orn. P?-ov. pi. 89 (1825); Naum. 



Voq. Deutschl. v. pi. 117 (1826) ; Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 46 



(1827) ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 189 (1837) ; Nordm. in Demid. 



Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 178 (1840) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 372 



(1849) ; Jaub. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 1 36 (1859) ; 



Borggr. Vogelf. Norddeutschl. p. 77 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 85, no. 7251 (1870) ; Irby, B. Gibr. p. 119 (1875). 

 Fringilla saxatilis, Koch, Sgst. baier. Zool. p. 216 (1816). 

 Plectrophanes fringilloides, Bote, Isis, 1822, p. 554. 

 Montifringilla nivalis, Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1277; Bp. $ Schl. 



Monogr. Loxiens, p. 40, pi. 46 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 538 (1850) ; 



Tristr. Ibis, 1863, p. 365 ; Salvad. Ms, 1864, p. 129 ; Giglioli, 



Ibis, 1865, p. 57 ; Tristr. E>is, 1866, p. 288, 1868, p. 208 ; Degl. et 



Gerbe, Orn. Bur. i. p. 277 (1867) ; Bettoni, Ucc. Nidif. Bomb. 



pi. 110 (c. 1869) ; Doderl, Avif. Sicil. p. 81 (1869) ; Fritsch, Fog. 



Bur. pi. 24. fig. 13 (c. 1870) ; Salvad. Faun. Hal. Ucc. p. 150 (1871) ; 



Dresser, B. Bur. iii. p. 617, pi. 181 (1876) ; Banf. Ibis, 1878, p. 23; 



Giglioli, Ibis, 1881, p. 203 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 407 ; Seeb. Ibis, 



1883, p. 10 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1884, p. 376 ; Tristr. Faun. $ Flor. 



Palest, p. 69 (1884) ; Gig/. Avif. Ital, p. 22 (1886) ; Wilson, Ibis, 



1887, p. 142 ; Salvad. Blench. Ucc. Ital. p. 171 (1887). 



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