44. CARPODACTJS. 393 



Propasser sordida, Hodgs. Icon. ined. pi. 300. figs. 1, 2 (no. 452) ; id. 



in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844). 

 Pyrrhulinota roseata, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 36. 

 Pyrrhnla (Carpodacus) erythrina, Middend. Sibir. Reis. p. 150 

 "(1851) ; Sc/irenck, Reis. Amur/, p. 294 (1859) ; Radde, Reis. Sibir. 



p. 185 (1863). 

 Carpodacus roseus (wee Pall.), Leith Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 177. 

 Carpodacus erythraeus, Dybowski, J.f. O. 1868, p. 335. 

 Carpodacus ervthrinus grebnitskii, Stejneqer, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mm. 



no. 29, p. 26o (1885). 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown, the feathers of the 

 mantle and upper back slightly mottled with dusky centres, all 

 washed with rosy or pale crimson ; lower back and rump dull rosy ; 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dark 

 brown, edged with whity brown at the tips, slightly tinged with 

 rosy ; bustard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, edged 

 with paler or whity brown, tinged with rosy, especially on the 

 primaries ; upper tail-coverts light brown, slightly washed with rosy ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with reddish brown ; crown of head dull 

 crimson, extending on to the occiput, nape, and hind neck ; lores 

 ashy ; eyelid dull whitish ; ear-coverts brown, washed with crimson, 

 as well as below the eye ; cheeks, throat, and breast bright crimson, 

 lading away paler on the latter ; centre of breast and abdomen 

 dull white, slightly washed with crimson ; sides of body and flanks 

 brown, slightly washed with crimson ; thighs brown ; under tail- 

 coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellowish buff with 

 ashy bases, edge of wing washed with crimson ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy along the inner edge : " bill greyish horny, culmen dusky ; legs, 

 feet, and claws brownish ; iris hazel-brown " (J. Scully). Total 

 length 5*5 inches, culmen - 45, wing 3 - 2, tail 2-25, tarsus 0*75. 



The specimen described is a male collected by Mr. Meves in 

 North llussia on the 22nd of June, and therefore in full breeding- 

 plumage. Indian specimens are as a rule much more brilliant, with 

 crimson all over the upper surface and on the wings and tail-feathers, 

 while the under surface is rich crimson, becoming paler and more 

 rose-coloured on the abdomen. The lores and upper margin of the 

 ear-coverts are very dark brown, forming a stripe. Along with 

 these brilliantly coloured specimens occur paler rose-coloured birds : 

 and Colonel Butler marks these rosy specimens as in cold-weather 

 plumage, while the crimson birds he considers to be in full breeding- 

 plumage. Occasionally these full-plumaged birds have a mixture 

 of saffron-yellow on the throat and on the wings and tail. 



Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, with dusky centres 

 to the feathers of the mantle and back ; lower back and rump uniform 

 olive-brown, as well as the upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back ; median and greater coverts dark brown, edged with 

 olive and tipped with yellowish white, forming a double wing-bar ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, edged with 

 olive, white on the edge of the primaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, 

 edged with olive ; crown of head like the back, and streaked with 



