268 



FRINGIXLIDjE. 



x', y'. 3 ad. ; z', a. Simla, Dec. 1880. Hume Coll. 



5 ad. ; /3. 2 imm. 

 sk. 

 y, S. $ 2 imm - sk - Simla. Hume Coll. 



e. Ad. ; C 2 ad. sk. Masuri, 5500 feet, March 11, Hume Coll. 



1869. 

 t]. Ad. ; 0. Jut. sk. Middle range of hills north Hume Coll. 



of Masuri. 

 i. $ ad. sk-. Derali, May 20, 1874 ( W. E. Hume Coll. 



Brooks). 

 K-fi. Ad. ; v, £. Juv. Kumaon (Strachey). India Museum. 



sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. Pushut, Afghanistan (Griffith). India Museum. 



9. Montifringilla nemoricola. 



Fringillauda nemoricola, Hoilgs. Asiat. Research, xix. p. 158 (1836) ; 



id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 288 (no. 450) ; id. in 



Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844) ; Bp. $ Schl. Monogr. Loxiens, 



pi. 47 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 538 (1850) ; Horsf. fy Moore, Cat. B. 



E. I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 491 (1856, pt.) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 385 ; 



Hume, Sir. F. 1873, p. 41 ; David # Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 334 



(1877) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 108. 

 Montifringilla nemoricola, Blyth, J. A. S. Bang. xiii. p. 954 (1844) ; 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 107 (,1846) ; Blyth, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 121 (1849). 

 Fringilla nemoricola, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 372 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 86, no. 7255 (1870); David, N. Arch. Mus. vii. Bull. 



p. 10 (1879). 

 Leucosticte nemoricola, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiii. p. 213 (1854). 



Adult. Similar to M. sordida, but a little larger, the wing-coverts 

 tipped and edged with pure white, and the axillaries tinged with 

 sulphur-yellow or orange : " bill and legs fleshy brown ; iris red- 

 brown " (B. H. Hodgson) ; " bill brown, with the base paler and the 

 lower mandible yellowish ; feet and claws brown ; iris clear nut- 

 brown " (A. David). Total length 6"2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-9, 

 tail 2-55, tarsus 0-8. 



Sexes alike. (B. H. Hodgson.) 



Immature birds, as in the case of M. sordida, have the crown and 

 ear-coverts pale uniform fawn-colour or yellowish brown. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Bootan, extending to 

 the mountains of Moupin and Kokonoor in "Western China. 



Hodgson Coll. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



Nepal. 



Nepal (B. II. Hodgson). 

 Native Sikhim, Jan. 1874 (L. 



Mandelli). 

 Native Sikhim, March 1874 (L 



Mandelli). 

 Interior of Native Sikhim, 



May 1873 (L. Mandelli). 

 Interior of Sikhim, July 1873 



(L. Mandelli). 

 c', d'. Juv. sk. Interior of Sikhim, Oct. 1873 



(L. Mandelli). 



c, d. Ad. sk. 



e,f. Ad.; g, h, i, k. 



Juv. sk. 

 1, 7n, n, o. Ad. ; p-iv. 



Juv. sk. 

 x. Ad. sk. 



y, z-a'. Ad. sk. 



V. Ad. 



(Types of species.) 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



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Hume Coll. 



