50. TJ-RAGTT3. 465 



France, i. p. 182 (1876) ; David Sf Oust, Ois. Chine, p. 357 (1877) ; 



Seebohm, Ibis, 1880, p. 187 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 27 (1883). 

 Erythrothorax caudatus, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 276. 

 Pyrrliula sibirica, Borygr. Vogelf. Norddeutschl. p. 73 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above rosy, the feathers of the mantle 

 and back centred with black and edged with hoary whitish ; lower 

 back and rump uniform rosy ; lesser wing-coverts dull rosy ; median 

 coverts white ; greater coverts blackish, broadly tipped with white, 

 the inner ones white for the terminal half; bastard-wing and 

 primary-coverts dusky brown, edged with ashy brown ; quills dusky 

 brown, edged with whitish, the inner secondaries broadly margined 

 and tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts dull rosy, with dusky 

 bases ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with ashy whitish, the three 

 outer feathers white, with black shafts and a black edging to the 

 base of the inner web, increasing in extent towards the centre of 

 the tail ; crown of head pearly white with a rosy tinge, the occiput 

 and nape ashy brown, tinged with rosy, more distinct on the hind 

 neck ; base of forehead and lores deep crimson, as well as the 

 feathers below the eye ; eyebrow pearly white ; ear-coverts and 

 cheeks pearly white with a rosy tinge, as also the throat and fore 

 neck, the feathers of the latter parts being lanceolate ; remainder 

 of under surface of body rosy, the sides of the upper breast slightly 

 mottled with blackish bases ; lower abdomen white, tinged with 

 rosy ; sides of body clear rose-colour, the lower flanks white ; thighs 

 ashy ; under tail-coverts pale rose-colour ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries ashy white, with a rosy tinge on the edge of the wing ; 

 quills below pale brown, whitish along the inner edge : " bill clear 

 brown, the lower mandible whitish ; feet reddish grey; iris brown " 

 (A. David). Total length 6 - 2 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2 - 95, 

 tail 3 - 5, tarsus 0*65. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 sandy brown, with blackish-brown centres to the feathers ; rump 

 and lower back more uniform and washed with vermilion ; lesser 

 wing-coverts ashy brown ; median coverts white ; greater coverts 

 black, broadly tipped with white ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 dark brown ; quills brown, edged with pale brown, the inner secon- 

 daries broadly edged with white ; upper tail-coverts brown, with a 

 slight reddish tiuge : tail-feathers dark brown, the two outer feathers 

 white, with dark-brown shafts and an edging of dark brown near 

 the base of the inner web, less pronounced on the outer feather ; 

 the third feather with a long wedge-shaped white mark extending 

 halfway down the inner web from the top ; crown of head rather 

 paler brown than the back and less distinctly streaked with dusky ; 

 base of forehead and lores ashy whitish, as also the fore part of the 

 cheeks ; ear-coverts light brown, indistinctly streaked with darker 

 brown ; cheeks and throat ashy whitish, streaked with dark brown ; 

 remainder of under surface of body pale sandy brown with a faint 

 rosy tinge, the fore neck and breast narrowly streaked with blackish 

 brown ; abdomen white ; sides of body and flanks like the breast, 



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