44. CABPODACUS. 387 



The brown colour on the abdomen of the male seems to disappear 

 entirely with age, but it is more often the remains of immature 

 plumage, for, from many specimens in the Hume Collection in a 

 state of change, it is evident that the young male at first resembles 

 the old female and gradually acquires the full black plumage. 



Hah. Himalayas, from Simla to Sikhim. 



a. J ad. sk. Kotegurh, near Simla. Hume Coll. 



b, c. 3 ad. ; d, e. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



2 ad. ;/, g. $ (Types of species.) 



juv. sk. 

 h. cJ ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). India Museum. 



•, k. cJ 5 ad. ; /, m. Native Sikhim, Jan. 1877 (Z. Hume Coll. 



(5 juv. sk. Mandelli). 



n. Jad.sk. Native Sikhim, Feb. 1876 (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli ). 

 o. cfjuv. sk. Native Sikhim, Feb. 1874 (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 

 p, q, r, s. c? ad. sk. Native Sikhim, March (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 

 t,u. 9 ad. ; v. d Native Sikhim, March (Z. Hume Coll. 



imm. sk. Mandelli). 



w,x. $ ad. sk. Native Sikhim, April 1874 (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 

 y. (J ad. sk. Native Sikhim, Aug. 1S74 (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandelli). 

 x. (S ad. sk. Interior of Sikhim, April 1873 Hume Coll. 



(Z. Mandelli). 

 a'. J ad. sk. Interior of Sikhim, Aug. 1873 Hume Coll. 



(Z. Mandelli). 

 b', e'. $ $ ad. ; Sikhim, Feb. (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



d\e'.(3}u\\ sk. 

 f. 2 ad. sk. Sikhim, March 1874 (L. Man- Hume Coll. 



delli). 

 g'. c$ ad. sk. Sikhim, Julv 1873 (Z. Man- Hume Coll. 



delli). 

 h'. 2 ad. sk. Sikhim, August 1874 (Z. Man- Hume Coll. 



delli). 

 t. 2 ad. sk. Sikhim, Oct. 1873 {L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



k',l'. (5; m'. 2 Sikhim (Z. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 n', o'. 2 ad. sk. Sikhim ( W. E. Brooks). Hume Coll. 



p'. <3 imm. sk. Darjiling, winter 1869-70 (H. Hume Coll. 



J. Elwes). 

 q'-u'. ^ ; v', iv', Darjiling. Hume Coll. 



x'. 2 ad. ; y' z'. 

 d imm. ; n. 2 

 imm. sk. 



44. CARPODACUS. 



Type. 



Carpodacus, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 161 (1829) C. erythrinus. 



Erythrothorax, Brehm, Vbg. Deutschl. p. 249 (1831) . . C. erythrinus. 

 Hffimorrhous, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 29o (1837). . . . C. purpureus. 

 Pyrrhulinota, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 



(1844) C. erythrinus. 



I'ropasser, Hodgs. t. c. p. 84 , . . . . O. rhodochrous. 



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