452 FRINGILLID^:. 



p. 95 ; BybowsH, J.f. O. 1874, p. 40, tab. 1 ; Tacz. J.f. 0. 1875, 



p. 254 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 40 (1875) ; Tacz. Bull Soc. Zool. 



France, i. p. 183 (1876), iv. p. 138 (1879); Seebohm, Ibis, 1882, 



p. 424; Bolau, J.f. O. 1882, p. 334. 

 Pyrrhula nepalensis {nee Ilodr/s.), Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 64, 



117 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 245. 

 Pyrrhula cineracea pallida, Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 101. 



Adult male. General colour above blue-grey ; the rump white ; 

 lesser and median coverts like the back ; greater coverts purplish 

 black, broadly tipped with blue-grey, the outer ones white at the 

 ends ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dull grey ; quills black, 

 externally purplish black, the primaries edged with ashy ; inner 

 secondaries entirely purplish black ; upper tail-coverts and centre 

 tail-feathers purplish black, the remainder black, externally purplish 

 black ; crown of head glossy black ; lores, eyelid, fore part of cheeks 

 and chin, black ; ear-coverts and remainder of cheeks pale ashy 

 drab ; throat and remainder of under surface of body light ashy grey, 

 paler on the sides of the body and flanks j lower abdomen whitish 

 grey ; thighs dark ashy ; under tail- coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, ashy near the edge of the wing ; quills 

 below dusky, ashy whitish along the inner edge. Total length 5*8 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 3 - 45, tail 2*5, tarsus 0*G5. 



Adult female. Only differs from the male in being a little more 

 drab-coloured underneath. Total length 5'4 inches, culmen 0*45, 

 wing 3-45, tail 2-8, tarsus 0'65. 



Mr. Seebohm recognizes two races of this Bullfinch, but even he 

 admits that the Altai specimen in his collection is " somewhat inter- 

 mediate; " and I think that the differences between the pale and dark 

 specimens are too slight for subspecific recognition. 



The typical specimen of P. cassini was a female from Alaska, and 

 as the hens of several of the Bullfinches are almost indistinguishable, 

 it was difficult for me to judge of the species from a study of the 

 description only, but I expected that it would be found to be iden- 

 tical with the large form of Bullfinch named by Dr. Taczanowski 

 P. kamtschatica. Dr. Stejneger, however, states that P. cassini 

 is identical with P. cineracea, and that he has verified this by com- 

 parison of specimens. I confess that its identity with P. kamtschatica 

 still appears to me more probable. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, ranging as far west as the valley of the 

 Yenesay and southwards into Turkestan. Accidental in Alaska. 



a, b. cS $ a d- sk. Onon River, Jan. 1873 (Dr. Dy- Warsaw Museum. 



boivski). 

 e,d. $ $ ad. sk. Onon River, Jan. 1873 (Dr. Dy- Gould Coll. 



boivski) . 

 e, f. d ad. sk. Kultuk, Lake Baikal, March. Purchased. 



6. Pyrrhula murina. 



Pyrrhula coccinea (nee De Selys), Pucker. Rev. Zool. 1859, p. 413; 

 Morelet, Hist. Nat. des Acores, p. 84 (1860); Drmief, Faun. Azor. 

 p. 115 (1861). 



