438 i-rin6Ill]d;e. 



N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 349 (1884); Scott, Auk, i. p. 159 (1884) ; 



Ridgw. t. c. p. 292 ; Drew, Auk, 1885, p. 16 : Brown, t. c. p. 105 ; 



Henshaw, t. c. p. 332. 

 Loxia curvirostra bendirei, Ridgto. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, ii. 



p. 101 (1885) ; Batchelder, Auk, ii. p. 128 (1886). 

 Loxia curvirostra japonica, Ridgiv. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, ii. 



p. 101 (1885). 

 Loxia curvirostra stricklandi, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. 



p. 354 (1885) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 257 (188(3). 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, Breicster, Auk, iii. p. 107 (1886) ; Anthony, 



t. c. p. 168 ; Seton, t. c. p. 322 ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 



p. 257 (1886). 



Adult male. General colour above pale vermilion, more dusky on 

 tbe mantle and back, the feathers having dusky bases ; scapulars 

 dusky, washed with vermilion ; rump clear vermilion or pale 

 scarlet; wing-coverts sepia-brown, fringed with dull vermilion, 

 more distinct on the lesser coverts ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills sepia-brown, with faintly-indicated fringes of red, a little 

 more distinct on the primaries ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers 

 sepia-brown, washed or fringed with red on the edges ; crown of 

 head pale vermilion like the back, the nasal plumes ashy fulvous ; 

 lores and a line through the eye above the ear-coverts dusky 

 brown, extending behind the latter; ear-coverts deeper vermilion, 

 like the cheeks and under surface of the body ; the sides of neck, 

 lower abdomen, sides of body, and flanks ashy brown washed with 

 vermilion ; thighs ashy brown ; under tail-coverts dull white, with 

 brown centres and slightly washed with red ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries dark ashy brown, washed with red externally ; quills 

 below dusky brown, more ashy along the inner edge : bill and 

 feet brown ; iris dark hazel. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-8, 

 wing 3-8, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being olive-yellow where 

 the latter is red ; the head and lower back and rump much brighter 

 than the mantle, which is dusky brown, the feathers yellow only on 

 their edges ; ear-coverts ashy, with a slight wash of yellow : under 

 surface of body yellow, with ashy bases to the feathers ; centre of 

 abdomen clear pale ashy ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs darker 

 ashy browu. Total length 6 inches, culmen - 8, wing 3-85, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 0*65. 



Young birds most resemble the old female, but are striped above 

 and below, the prevailing colour being ashy brown slightly washed 

 with yellow, and streaked with darker brown down the centre of the 

 feathers; the rump a little brighter yellow, with dark-brown centres ; 

 head like the back, the eyebrow whiter, streaked with dusky ; sides 

 of face uniform ashy brown, washed with olive ; under surface of 

 body dull white, slightly washed with yellow, and having all the 

 feathers mesially streaked with blackish brown. 



Between the sexes there is little difference in the nestling stage, 

 the male birds being a trifle brighter and more yellow below and on 

 the rump, the latter being also less streaked. 



