47. PTRBHULA. 453 



Pyrrhula murina, F. D. Godman, Ibis, 1866, p. 97, pi. 3 ; id. Azores, 

 p. 28 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 99, no. 7484 (1870) ; Dresser, 

 B. Eur. iv. p. 107, pi. 200 (1876). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above brown, paler 

 and more tawny brown on tbe rump, ending in ashy grey before 

 the upper tail-coverts, which are glossy purplish black ; lesser wing- 

 coverts blackish, edged with brown ; median coverts ashy grey with 

 blackish bases ; greater coverts purplish black, ashy at the tips, the 

 inner ones ashy grey with black bases ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts black; quills black, externally velvety black, the secondaries 

 purplish black on the outer web, the inner ones entirely of the latter 

 colour, the innermost externally orange, forming a longitudinal 

 streak ; tail-feathers black, externally purplish black ; crown of 

 head glossy black, separated from the back by a broad collar of ashy 

 grey ; feathers round eye, fore part of cheeks, and chin black ; ear- 

 coverts pale chocolate-brown, as also the cheeks and throat; fore 

 neck and breast more ashy, the latter tinged with rosy on the lower 

 part ; abdomen, sides of body, and flanks chocolate-brown ; thighs 

 dusky brown ; under tail-coverts pale chocolate, washed with ashy ; 

 under wing-coverts dull ashy ; axillaries chocolate-brown, with ashy 

 bases ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total length 

 6*5 inches, culmeu 0-5, wing 3'4, tail 2'65, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. A little duller than the male, paler ashy below, and 

 without any tinge of red on the lower breast. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 3 - 45, tail 2-6, tarsus 0*8. 



Hah. Azores. 



a,b. c? ? ad. ; c. S. Michael's, Azores, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 1865 (F. D. G.). 



d, e. S ad. ; /. § S. Michael's, April 1865 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. (F. D. G.). 



y. d ad. sk. S. Michael's, April 1865 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. D. G.). (Type of species.) 



7. Pyrrhula nipalensis. 



Pyrrhula nipalensis, Hodys. Asiat, Researches, xix. p. 155 (1836) ; 

 id. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mas., Passeres, pi. 309. figs. 1, 2 (nos. 498, 

 499) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. 

 xiii. p. 951 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 387 (1844) ; id. Cat. 

 Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. Ill (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 

 Mus. As. Soc. p. 122 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 525 (1850) ; Gould, 

 B. Asia, v. pi. 27 (1853) ; Horsf. $ Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. 

 ii. p. 455 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 390 (1863) ; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1863, p. 442, 1867, p. 43; Beavan, His, 1868, p. 177; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 99, no. 7480 (1870) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1871, p. 232 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 108 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll, p. 203 

 (1882). 



Adult male. General colour above drab- or mouse-brown, with a 

 band of purplish black across the lower back, followed by a white 

 band across the rump ; lesser wing-coverts a little darker than the 



