45. pyrrhospiza. 433 



face and ear-coverts ashy ochreous buff', with very distinct blackish 

 streaks. 



The young males only differ from the adult females in having the 

 rump yellow and in the strong shade of olive-yellow which pervades 

 the throat and breast, while the fore neck and breast have large 

 black triangular spots. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 4-1, tail 2*85, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. Himalayas, from Nepal to Sikhim. 



a, b. {J ; c. 2 ad. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 Nepal [Hodgson). India Museum. 



Native Sikhim, Jan. 1873 (Z. Hume Coll. 



Mandel!i). 

 Native Sikhim, March (Z. M.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, April (Z. M.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, May (Z. M.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, July (Z. 31.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, Aug. (Z. M.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, Sept. (Z M). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, Nov. (Z. M.). Hume Coll. 



Native Sikhim, Dec. (Z. M,). Hume Coll. 



Sikhim. Hume Coll. 



Sikhim, April 1873. Hume Coll. 



Darjiling, April. Hume Coll. 



Subsp. o. Pyrrhospiza humii. 



Pyrrhospiza punicea (nee Hodgs.), Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 85: Mar- 

 ' shall, Ibis, 1884, p. 420. 



Adult male. Much paler brown than the Sikhim P. punicea, the 

 rose-colour of the rump, face, throat, and breast also much paler, 

 and not crimson ; frontal band rosy and much broader than in P. 

 punicea. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 4-35, tail 3*1, 

 tarsus - 9. 



Bab. Interior of N.W. Himalayas. 



a. J ad. sk. Kotegurh, April 3, I860. Hume Coll. 



b. rf ad. sk. "Borenda Pass." Gould Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Thibet. Gould Coll. 



2. Pyrrhospiza longirostris. 



Pyrrhospiza longirostris, Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 304, 

 pi. liv. (1877). 



Male. Forehead, wide eyebrows, checks, and throat blood-red, 

 with indistinct silvery spots ; breast and rump crimson ; ear-coverts, 

 crown, nape, back and sides of neck, back, and shoulders earthy- 

 brown colour, the darker centres of the feathers forming indistinct 

 spots ; stomach dirty yellow ; flanks yellowish grey, with indistinct 

 dark lines ; quills and tail dark brown, with hardly perceivable red 

 edges on the outer webs ; the secondaries have white tips ; the upper 



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