402 



FRINGILLIDiE. 



d, e,f. 3 ad. sk. : 

 ff, k. J ad. sk. 

 i. cJ ad. sk. 



k. Imm. sk. 



/. $ ad. sk. 

 m. 5 ad. sk. 

 w, o, p. c? ad. ; 



§", r, s. 5 ad. s 

 t, u. $ ad. sk. ; 



v. 3 juv. sk. 

 ?y. 2 ad. sk. 



.r, y. 3 ad. sk. 

 z. 3 ad. sk. 

 a'. $ ad. sk. 



b' cS ad. sk. 

 c'. $ ad. sk. 



d'. c? ad. st. 



Kashgar (Dr. Belleiv). 



Pangong Lake, Oct. 7, 1870 



(Dr. G. Henderson). 

 Arpalik River, Aug. 13, 1870 



(Dr. G. HendersoTi). 

 Thibet. 

 Thibet. 

 Thibet (Major Hay). 



Thibet, March 1875 (L. Man- 

 dellv). 



Thibet, Dec. 1876 (L. Man- 

 delli). 



Ladak. 



Ladak (Strachey). 



Ladak, Oct. 17, 1870 (Dr. G. 

 Henderson). 



Gilgit, Jan. 1878 (J. Biddulph). 



Gilgit, Feb. 23, 1878 (/. Bid- 

 dulph). 



Central Asia. 



India Museum. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



EarlofGifford[P.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. [P.J. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 

 India Museum. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Purchased. 



5. Carpodacus rubicilloides. 



Carpodacus rubicilloides, Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 299, 

 pi. liv. (1877). 



Adult male. Forehead, crown, cheeks, throat, and breast car- 

 mine-red, with small and narrow silvery streaks ; stomach (with the 

 exception of the white centre) rose-coloured with a vermilion tint ; 

 flanks reddish grey, with a few black streaks ; nape, back and 

 sides of the neck, back, and shoulders brownish grey, with a red 

 shade and black shaft-streaks ; rump dull rose-colour ; quills and 

 tail-feathers dark brown, with red and yellow edges, which are 

 widest on the tertiaries ; the tips of the secondaries are pale yellow ; 

 large wing-coverts have reddish-yellow, and the others have rosy- 

 red edges ; the under wing-coverts are pale brown, with rosy 

 edges ; the upper tail-coverts are brown ; the under tail-coverts 

 are rosy : bill comparatively larger and more conical than in 

 G. rubicilla ; upper mandible dark horn- colour, lower mandible 

 yellow ; tarsus (which is longer than in C. rubicilla) dark horn- 

 colour ; iris brown. Length 8-8-3 inches, wing 4-07-4-2, tail 3*4- 

 3-5, tarsus 0-92. (PrjevalsM.) 



Female. Upper parts brownish grey, lighter on the rump and 

 with black shaft-streaks ; underparts yellowish white, marked with 

 black lines, which are narrowed on the stomach ; quills and tail- 

 feathers dark brown, with narrow pale edges. Total length 7-7*6 

 inches, wing 3-77, tail 3 - 14, tarsus 0-87. (Prjevalski.) 



Hab. Mountains of Kan-su. 



