466 FRINGILLID.E. 



but the stripes rather narrower ; thighs ashy white ; under tail- 

 coverts dull white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills 

 below dusky, white along the inner edge. Total length 6 - 7 inches, 

 culmen - 4, wing 2*7, tail 3*2, tarsus 0-65. 



Young males resemble the old females, but are more uniform, 

 being scarcely streaked above and not at all on the under surface ; 

 the rump is orange, and the under surface is tinged with orange or 

 light rose-colour. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia, Manchuria, and Northern China, west- 

 wards to Krasnoyarsk and Turkestan. 



a, b. <3 2 ad. sk. Amoor-Land (Dr. Maack). Gould Coll. 



e. c? ad. sk. Kultuk, Lake Baikal, Purchased. 



March 2. 



2. Uragns sanguinolentus. 



Pvrrhula sanguinolentus, Temm. 4" Schl. Faun. Jap., Aces, pis. 54, 

 '54 B (1850). 



[Tragus sanguinolentus, Bp. fy Schl. Monogrr. Lo.ciens, pi. 36 (1850) ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 529 (1850; ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, p. 328 ; Whitely, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 203 ; Gray, lland-l. B. ii. p. 102, no. 7530 (1870) ; 

 Dyboicski, J.f. O. 1873, p. 95; Swinh. Ibis, 1874, p. 160; Tacz. 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 182 (1876 ) ; David fy Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 359 (1877) ; Tacz. Bull Soc. Zool, France, iii. p. 139 

 (1878) ; Blakist fy Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 245 ; iid. B. Japan, p. 175 

 (1882) ; Blakist. Amended List B. Japan, pp. 18, 63 (1884). 



Pyrrkula (Uragus) sibiricus, Radde, Reis. Sibir. p. 181 (1883). 



Adult male, General colour above rose-colour, more or less shaded 

 with ashy, the mantle and back streaked with black centres to the 

 feathers ; lower back and rump deep rosy, approaching carmine ou 

 the upper tail-coverts, which are tipped with white ; lesser wing- 

 coverts deep rosy ; median coverts white, tinged with rosy ; greater 

 coverts black, broadly tipped with white, on which is a rosy tinge ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, edged with rosy, 

 the secondaries broadly margined and tipped with white ; tail- 

 feathers black, edged with ashy, the three outer ones almost entirely 

 white, with black shafts and a black edging towards the base of the 

 inner web ; crown of head nearly uniform ashy, with a concealed 

 rosy tinge ; the forehead with a pearly gloss ; lores and a narrow 

 line across the base of the forehead deep crimson ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and throat pearly wdiite with a rosy tinge, the feathers of 

 the latter part somewhat lanceolate, as also those of the fore neck, 

 which, with the rest of the under surface, is bright rosy pink ; 

 lower abdomen hoary whitish ; sides of body and flanks, as well as 

 the under tail-coverts, rosy pink ; thighs ashy whitish ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pearly white, with a strong tinge of rosy ; 

 quills below dusky, whitish along the inner edge : " bill horn-brown ; 

 legs and toes horn-brown ; iris dark hazel " (H. Whitely). Total 

 length 5 - 7 inches, culmen - 35, wing 2-85, tail 34, tarsus 0-65. 



