44. CARPODACUS. 



397 



i'. J ad. sk. 



k'. $ ad. sk. 



l',m', n'. J ad. ; o'. 



J j uv. sk. 

 p'. J ad. sk. 



q', r'. d 5 ad. sk. 

 »'. d ad. sk. 

 t'. $ ad. sk. 



</'. J ad. sk. 



v\ 3 ad. sk. 



ir'. J ad. sk. 



x'. 3 ad. ak. 

 j/'. <S a d- sk. 



z, a. c? ad. ; /3, y. 

 ? ad. sk. 



Mahabaleshwur Hills, May 

 1874 (8. B. Fairbank). 



Mahabaleshwur Hills, April 



1874 (S. B. Fairbank). 

 Belgaum, Oct. 1879 (E. A. 



Butler). 

 Belgaum, Dec. 27, 1879 (E. 



A. B.). 

 Belgaum, Jan. 1880 (E. A. B.). 

 Mysore, Jan. 28, 1874. 

 Wynaad, Dee. 4, 1877 (J. L. 



Darling). 

 Khotagherry, Nilghitis, Feb. 



15, 1871 (Miss Cockbwii). 

 Khotagherrv. March 2, 1875 



i Miss CocMmm ). 

 Near Segoie, Nilghiris, Feb. 20 



(TV. Davison). 

 Coonoor, Jan. 24, 1881 ( W. D.). 

 Ootacamund, Jan. 8, 1881 



(W.D.). 

 Ootacamund, Feb. 1881 



(W.D.). 



2. Carpodacus sipahi. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Capt. Bingham [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll, 



Corythus sipahi, Hodgs. Asiatic Researches, xix. p. 151 (1836). 

 Propyrrhula sipahi, Hodgs. Icon. ined.. Passeres, pi. 307. tigs. 1 , 2 



(nos. 320, 321) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844). 

 Hsematospiza boetouensis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng, xiii. p. 951 (1844) ; 



id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 122 (184!)). 

 Strobilophaga sipahi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 387 (1844); id. Cat. Mamm. 



etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 110 (1846). 

 Ha;matospiza sipahi, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc, App. p. 342 



(1849) ; Bp. | Schl. Monogr. Lo.viens, p. 33, pis. 39, 40 (1850) ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 526 (1850); Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 24 (1850) ; 



Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiii. p. 213 (1854); Horsf. $f Moore, Cat. 



B'. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 454 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ltd ii. p. 394 (1863) ; 



Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 43; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 177 ; Bulger, Ibis, 



1869, p. 169 ; Hume, Str. F. 1869, p. 108. 

 Pinicola sipahi, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 109, no. 7644 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above bright scarlet, the feathers 

 ashy or white at the base : lesser and median coverts like the back ; 

 greater coverts dusky blackish, externally dull scarlet ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky blackish, edged with dark 

 vermilion, brighter on the secondaries, which are more broadly 

 margined : upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 edged with dull red ; head all round and under surface of body 

 bright scarlet ; nasal plumes dusky, forming a narrow dark line 

 across the forehead; thighs sooty black ; under tail-coverts scarlet 

 with black bases ; under wing-coverts ashy, edged with scarlet ; 

 axillaries scarlet ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge : 

 " hill yellow ; legs fleshy brown ; iris hoary brown " (Hodgson). 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen - 6, wing 4, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-7. 



