404 FRINGILLIDJi. 



uniform pale rosy ; lesser wing-coverts paler sandy brown, washed 

 with rosy ; median and greater coverts sandy brown ; bastard-wing 

 and primary-coverts dusky brown, with rosy-brown edges ; quills 

 dusky brown, edged with sandy brown, broader on the secondaries ; 

 upper tail-coverts sandy brown ; tail-feathers dusky brown, edged 

 with sandy brown ; crown of head dull sandy brown, washed with 

 rosy ; base of forehead crimson followed by a pearly gloss on the sin- 

 ciput ; lores, feathers round the eye, and eyebrow rosy or pale 

 crimson with a pearly gloss ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat rosy 

 with a pearly gloss ; remainder of under surface pale rosy, lighter 

 on the abdomen ; sides of body and flanks washed with pale sandy 

 brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts pale sandy brown, washed 

 with rosy ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale ashy, washed 

 with rosy ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total 

 length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-8. 

 Hab. Sinaitic peninsula. 



a. S ad. sk Peninsula of Sinai. Claude W. Wvatt, Esq. 



[P.]. 



8. Carpodacus trifasciatus *. 



Carpodacus trifasciatus, Verr. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. vi. Bull. p. 30 

 (1870), vii. p. 60 (1871), viii. pi. iv. fig. 3(1872). 



Propasser trifasciatus, David Sf Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 353, pi. 93 

 (1877). 



Adult. Iris reddish chestnut ; bill clear browu, with the edges 

 and the under mandible whitish ; tarsi reddish grey ; toes grey, 

 with the claws brownish ; face rosy white, of a silky appearance, 

 with scaly feathers on the forehead and eyebrows, and the feathers 

 of the throat lanceolate ; vertex, nape, and back of a dark carmiue- 

 red, with the feathers margined with greyish ; rump grey, tinged 

 with rose-colour : upper tail-coverts carmine-red, the long ones in- 

 clining to blackish grey ; breast and flanks carmine-red, paler than 

 the back ; centre of abdomen white ; under tail-coverts blackish, 

 edged with grey ; tail and wings blackish, the latter ornamented 

 with three transverse bands, formed by the rosy ends of the coverts 

 and the white borders of the scapulars. Total length 7"4 inches, 

 tail 3-15, wing 3-35, tarsus 0-9, bill 0-45. (David 6f Oustalet.) 



Female. Unknown. 



Hab. Western Szetchuen, China. 



9. Carpodacus grandis. 



Carpodacus grandis, Blyth, J. A. S. Bene/, xviii. p. 810 (1849) ; id. 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc., App. p. 342 (1849). 

 Carpodacus sophia, Bp. fy Schl. Monogr. Loxicns,^. 22, pi. 34 (1850) ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 532 (1850). 



* I have not seen this species, and it may have stripes on the flanks ; in 

 which case it would have to be placed near C. roseus. 



