36. ERYTHROSriZA. 285 



41) ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 208 (1837) ; Bp. Camp. List B. Eur. 

 $ N. Amer.y. 34 (1838); Bp. fy Schl. Monogr. Loxiens, pi. 33 

 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 535 (1850) ; Tristr. 'ibis, 1859, pp. 34, 

 294; Taylor, I, c. p. 49 ; Leith Adams, Ibis, 1804, p. 23 ; Cham- 

 bers, Ibis, 1867, p. 103; JDeyl. # Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 252 (18G7) ; 

 Doderl. Avif. Sicil, p. 70 (1809) ; FHtsch, Fog. Eur. tab. 22. tig. 3 

 (1870); Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 155, pi. v. (1872) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 

 iv. p. 85, pi. 190 (1875); Hume, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 64; 

 Butler, t. c. p. 284 ; Hume, t. c. p. 454 ; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 108 ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. Sind #c. p. 48 (1879) ; C. Svrinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 114 ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, iv. pi. xxxi. (1880) ; Barnes, Str. F. 1880, p. 457. 



? Pyrrhula sinaica, Von der M'uhlr, Orn. Griec/wnl. p. 45 ( 1*44). 



Carpodacus pavraudEei, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 384 (1844) ; Brehm, 

 Vogelf. p. 91 (1855). 



Carpodacus crassirostris, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 470 (1847). 



Bucanetes githagiueus, Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 104 (1850) ; Loche, 

 Ejpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 104(1867); Von Heugl Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 657 (1 870) ; Salcad. Faun. Hal., Fee. p. 160 (1871) ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 210; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 250 (1870) ; 

 C.Swinh. Bis, 1882, p. 114; Ra'dde, Orn. Cauc. p. 160 (1884); 

 Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind. p. 190 (1884) ; Salvad. E/ench. Ucc. 

 Itaf. p. 179 (1887). 



Carpodacus githagiueus, Brehm, Vogelf. 1855, p. 91 ; Tristr. Bis, 

 1808, p. 208; Drake, Ibis, 1869, p. 152; Gray, Hand-L B. ii. 

 p. 102, no. 7523 (1870) ; Gurncy, Ibis, 1871, p. 294. 



Propasser githaginea, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 404 (1863). 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown tinged with rosy, 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts pale rosy ; lesser wing-coverts like 

 the back ; median, greater, and primary-coverts pale brown, edged 

 with ash}', which is washed with pale rose-colour on the margins of 

 the feathers, the primary-coverts with tiny white tips ; bastard- 

 wing and quills dark sepia-brown, edged with pale rose-colour ; the 

 inner secondaries brown, externally pale ashy, washed with rosy on 

 the outer webs ; all the quills tipped with whitish ; tail-feathers 

 sepia-brown, edged with rosy, whitish towards the end of the fea- 

 thers ; crown of head ashy brown, greyer on the forehead, which is 

 tinged with rosy like the lores ; eyelid whitish ; ear-coverts, cheeks, 

 and throat ashy brown with a gloss of hoary grey, and a tinge of 

 rose-colour, especially on the latter ; breast and abdomen a little 

 brighter rose-colour ; sides of body and flanks pale brown washed 

 with rose-colour ; thighs whitish ; under tail-coverts whitish washed 

 with rosy ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale ashy washed 

 with rosy ; quills below dusky, ashy rosy on the inner edge : " bill 

 orange-yellow, in some ( probably less mature) pale yellow, brownish 

 on upper mandible ; legs, feet, and claws fleshy brown, claws dusky, 

 soles whitish ; iris brown " (A. 0. Hume). Total length 5 - 2 inches, 

 culmen - 4, wing 3"15, tail 1*9, tarsus - 65. 



Adult female. Only differs from the male in having less of a rosy 

 wash on the back and underparts, the absence of this rosy tinge on 

 the forehead and face being very perceptible. Total length 5-3 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 3 - 35, tail 2-9, tarsus 0*7. 



The birds from Sind and Kajpootana as well as from Afghanistan 



