GENERA AXD SPECIES OF BIRDS. 



22; 



XXXVI. PROCARDUELIS, Hodgson. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 183, 1888. 

 Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 223, 1890. 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. p. Ill, 1904.) 



1. nipalensis {Hodgs.). (p. 182.) 



(Oates, t. c. p. 223 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 112.) 



Himalaya Mts. 



(Kashmir to Bhutan). 

 W. China 



(Kansu. Moupin). 



2. nibescens, Blanf. (p. 184.) 



(Gates, t. c. p. 224 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 112.) 



E. Himalayas 



(Nepal to Sikhiiu). 

 W. China 



(Kansu). 



XXXVIl. CARDUELIS, Briss. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 185, 1888 ; 



Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 225, 1890 ; 



Eidgway, Birds N. & M. Amer. i. p. 93, 1903.) 



\_Acanthis, Bechst. : cf. Sclater, Ibis, 1892, p. 555 ; 



Hartert, Tcig. Pal. Fauna, i. p. 65 (1904)*.] 



1. carduelis (Linn.), (p. I80.) 



(Kidgway, (. c p. 94 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 67.) 



Europe, from 

 Central Sweden 

 to Mediterranean 

 Countries. 



2. bxitannica, Hartert, i. c. p. 69. 



British Islands. 



* Dr. Hartert has united all the Goldfinches, Siskins, EedpoUs, and Linnets under 

 one genus, Acanihis. He may be right, for I remember that I experienced great 

 difficulty, in 1888, in finding cliaracters for the definition of the genera I then 

 adopted. My impression is that when the osteology of the Finches is better 

 understood, we shall find good characters for many genera now obscure. 



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