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of head a trifle greyer than the hack ; lores ashy whitish ; ear- 

 coverts pale hrown ; cheeks and under surface of body creamy 

 white ; the throat black, concealed by whitish edges to the feathers ; 

 sides of body and flanks a little browner ; thighs light brown ; under 

 tail-coverts white : under wing-coverts and axillaries white : quills 

 below dusky, white at the ends of the secondaries : " bill black in 

 summer, yellow, dusky on culmen, and brown at tip in winter ; 

 legs, feet, and claws black; iris brown" (G. Henderson). Total 

 length inches, culmen 0-55, wing 4-5, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-8. 



In winter plumage the bill is yellow and the whole tone of colour is 

 browner, the quills and tail-leathers broadly edged with sandy brown. 

 The back is slightly mottled with darker centres to the feathers. 



Young birds resemble the winter plumage of the adults, but have 

 a more decided tawny tinge on the back, wings, and tail, the white 

 feathers of the latter being washed externally wjth tawny buff ; the 

 primary-coverts have broad blackish tips and bases, the white being 

 restricted ; the white-tipped secondaries are broadly washed with 

 tawny buff. 



Hab. Mountains of Ladak and Upper Cashmere to Kulu, Thibet, 

 and Kashgar. 



a. Ad. sk. Ladak (Dr. A. L. Adams). India Museum. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b, c. c? imm. sk. Kurbu, Ladak, Oct. 23, 1870 Hume Coll. 



(Dr. G. Henderson), 



d, e. $ juv. sk. Shergol, Oct. 21, 1870 (G. H.). Hume Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. Fota-la Pass, June 27, 1870 Hume Coll. 



(G. H.). 



g. S ad. sk. Dizav, Gilgit, June 27, 1874 Hume Coll. 



(J. Biddulph). 



h. Ad. sk. Kulu. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad. sk, Kulu. India Museum. 



k. Ad. sk. Thibet, March 1875 (L. MandeUi). Hume Coll. 



I- Ad. ak. Thibet, June 1876 (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



m. Ad. ; n. Juv. sk. Thibet, July 1876 (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Thibet, August 1876 (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



p. Juv. sk. Thibet, Sept. 1874 (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



4. Montifringilla mandellii. 



Montifringilla mandellii, Hume, Sir. F. 1876, p. 488; id. Str. F. 



1879, p. 108. 

 Onycbospiza taczanowsMi, Piy'evahki in Rowleys Orn. Misc. ii. 



p. 290, pi. iii. (Itw7) ; David $ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 548 (1877). 



Adidt female. General colour above light ashy brown, streaked 

 with blackish brown, the feathers being externally ashy ; feathers 

 of the lower back tipped with white like the rump, which is satiny 

 white ; wing-coverts dusky brown, broadly edged with white, the 

 innermost greater coverts rather greyer and with broad white tips ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, fringed with 

 ashy, the secondaries more broadly edged with brown, the innermost 

 greyer, with broad white tips like the inner greater coverts ; the 

 first primary white externally ; upper tail-coverts light brown ; tail- 



