44. CARPODACUS. 405 



Carpodacus rhodochlamys (nee Brandt), Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 26 



(1852) ; Blyth, J. A. 8. Beng. xxiii. p. 213 (1854). 

 Propasser rhodochlamys (nee Brandt), Horsf. 8[ Moore, Cat. B. E. I. 



Co. Mus. ii. p. 458 (1856) ; Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 401 (1863) ; Pelz. 



Ibis, 1865,. p. 318 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 108 ; Bidduiph, Ibis, 



1881, p. 84 ; Scully, t. c. p. 578. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, washed with 

 rosy, all the feathers centred longitudinally with dusky blackish, 

 less distinctly on the hind neck, which is clearer ashy, especially 

 on the sides of the neck ; rump clear rosy ; lesser wing-coverts dull 

 rosy ; median and greater coverts dusky brown, edged with pale 

 rosy ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, fringed 

 with pale rosy, broader on the secondaries ; upper tail-coverts ashy, 

 washed with rosy towards the ends ; tail-feathers dusky brown, with 

 pale reddish-brown edges ; crown of head uniform dull rosy, the 

 feathers edged with ashy ; the nape more distinctly ashy ; lores 

 dull crimson, surmounted by a broad eyebrow of pale rosy, glossed 

 with pearly white from the nostrils to the sides of the nape ; eyelid 

 reddish white, its hinder margin reddish brown, like the broad streak 

 which passes above the ear-coverts, the latter being rosy like the 

 cheeks and throat, glossed with pearly-white centres to the feathers, 

 giving a somewhat lanceolate appearance ; sides of neck uniform 

 ashy ; remainder of under surfaee rosy, with faint traces of ashy 

 margins to the feathers ; lower abdomen paler ; sides of body and 

 flanks ashy, washed with rosy and narrowly streaked with blackish ; 

 thighs ashy brown ; under tail-coverts rosy, edged with whitish and 

 with concealed dusky centres : under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 ashy or ashy whitish, edged w ith pale rosy ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy along the inner edge : " upper mandible and extreme tip of 

 lower mandible brown ; rest of lower mandible, legs and feet fleshy, 

 tinged with brown ; claws dark brown ; iris wood-brown " {A. 0. 

 If tune). Total length 7"1 inches, culmen 0*55, wiug 3'75, tail 3 - l, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 ashy brown, all the feathers centred with blackish ; rump slightly 

 tinged with rosy : lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and 

 greater coverts dusky brown, with blackish centres and paler edges, 

 ashy towards the ends ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dusky brown, edged with ashy, the innermost secondaries edged with 

 ashy whitish, resembling the greater coverts ; upper tail-coverts 

 brown, edged with ashy and slightly tinged with rosy : tail-feathers 

 dusky brown, edged with ashy ; crown of head like the back and 

 streaked in the same manner ; lores dusky : eyebrow dull white, 

 narrowly streaked with black ; eyelid whitish ; upper edge of ear- 

 coverts brown, forming a broad streak ; ear-coverts and cheeks, as 

 well as the under surface of body, creamy white, streaked with dusky 

 blackish, broader on the fore neck and breast, narrower on the abdo- 

 men : sides of body and flanks ashy brown, streaked with dusky 

 black ; thighs ashy brown ; under tail-covert s pale brown, edged 

 with ashy and mesially streaked with black ; under wing-coverts 



