44. CARPODACUS. 401 



ashy washed with rosy : quills below dusky, ashy along the inner 

 edge : " upper mandible dusky yellowish, the lower one yellow, 

 horny grey at the tip and on the sides ; legs, feet, and claws dusky 

 brown ; iris brown " (Dr. J. Scully). Total length 7*7 inches, 

 culmen 065, wing 4-55, tail 3 - 4, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 ashy brown, slightly streaked with dusky centres to the feathers 

 of the mantle and upper back, the lower back and rump almost 

 uniform ashy brown, with scarcely perceptible shaft-lines; lesser 

 wing-coverts uniform ashy brown; median and greater coverts 

 dusky brown, externally edged with ashy, whitish on the extreme 

 margin ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, 

 edged with ashy brown, whitish towards the end of the feathers, 

 the inner secondaries broadly margined with white ; upper tail- 

 coverts ashy brown, with darker brown centres ; tail-feathers 

 blackish brown, edged with ashy brown, the outer one margined 

 with white ; crown of head ashy brown like the back, streaked 

 with blackish ; lores and eyebrow, as well as the feathers round 

 the eye and sides of the face, pale ashy streaked with blackish ; 

 ear-coverts darker brown, streaked with ashy margins to the 

 feathers ; cheeks and under surface of body creamy whitish ; the 

 throat, fore neck, and breast whity brown, with blackish shaft- 

 streaks ; the abdomen uniform whitish ; sides of body and Hanks 

 pale ashy brown, streaked with dusky blackish : thighs and under 

 tail-coverts whitish, streaked with blackish shaft-lines ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaiies ashy whitish, with a slight fulvous tinge on 

 the latter ; quills below dusky, ashy whitish along the inner edge. 

 Total length 7'6 inches, culmen - 65, wing 4-25, tail 3'15, tarsus 0-9. 



Young birds resemble the old female, and in winter can scarcely 

 be distinguished. 



In first plumagt the young are nearly uniform sandy brown, and 

 isabelline below, with both mandibles pale. " Bill greyish horny, 

 fuliginous on culmen : legs and feet brownish fleshy, claws light 

 brownish ; iris brownish black *' (Dr. J. Scull//). 



Another young specimen, a f^rifle older, collected by Dr. Scully, 

 had the " legs, feet, and claws dusky brown." 



Very old males appear to have the back slightly washed with 

 rose-colour or light crimson. Males in their first rosy plumage 

 have the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts whitish washed 

 with rosy, and the back more distinctly streaked as in the old 

 female. The white spots on the sides of the face are often abraded 

 in old birds, so that the ear-coverts and throat are often nearly 

 uniform. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia, southwards to Turkestan, and as far as 

 Northern Cashmere, eastwards as far as the Tsaidam plains. 



a. $ ad. sk. Between Mazar and Chucliu Hume Coll. 



Pass, Aug. 16, 1875 (Dr. J. 

 Scully). 



b. cS juv.sk.; Toghrasu, Aug. 22, 1875 (Dr. J. Hume Coll. 

 c. cj ad. sk. Scully). 



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