PBOPASSEB. 213 



Keg to the Species. 



a. Supercilium red. 



a'. Crown of head with coarse black 



streaks. 



a". Feathers of forehead, supercilium, 



throat, and cheeks with shining 



white shaft-streaks P. thura S > P- 213. 



h 1 '. Feathers of above parts without 



white shaft-streaks. 



a'". Red parts of the head rosy. ... P. pulcJierrimus rf , p. 215. 



V" . Red parts of the head crimson. P. amhiguus 3 , p. 215. 



V . Crown of head unstreaked or with 



mere black shaft-lines. 



c". Rump red. 



(/". Wing-coverts not tipped. 



a 1 . Feathers of supercilium and of 



sides of head and throat 



pointed and shining rosy ; 



wing 3-5 P. grandis S > ?• 216. 



b 4 . Feathers of supercilium and of 



sides of head and throat 



rosy red, not pointed; wing 3. P. rhodochrous <5 , p. 217. 



d'". Wing-coverts broadly tipped 



with rosy P. rhodopeplus tf , p. 217. 



d". Rump coloured like back P. edwardsi S , P- 218. 



b. Supercilium buff or ochraceous. 



c'. Ground-colour of lower plumage not 



uniform ; abdomen whitish P. thura 2 , p. 213. 



d'. Ground-colour of lower plumage 



uniform throughout. 



e' 1 . Lower plumage ashy white 



streaked with brown. 



„, „ T . , ,t o f P. pidcherrimus 2 , p. 215. 



e . Wing less than 3 | p ^^ $ ? * ' 2 J 6< 



/'". Wing more than 3-5 P. grandis 2 , p. 210. 



/". Lower plnmage ochraceous buff, 

 streaked with brown. 

 g'". Wing under 3 ; culmen not 



exceeding "35 P. rhodochrous 2 , p. 217. 



//'''. Wing over 3 ; culmen over '4. 

 e 4 . Lores and ear-coverts nearly 



uniform black ; tail 2 - 8 . . . . P. rhodopeplus 2, p. 217. 

 (/'. Lores and ear-coverts brown, 



mottled with buff; tail 2-6. . P. edwardsi 2 , p. 218. 



754. Propasser thura. The White-browed Hose-Finch. 



Carpodacus thura, Bonap. § Schleg. Mon. Lox. p. 21, pi. 23 (1850) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 425. 

 Propasser thura (Bonap. § Schleg.) Ilorsf. 8f M . Cat. ii, p. 459 ; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 113; Jerd, B. I. ii, p. 400; Blanf. 



J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. G5 ; Hume, Ccd. no. 740 ; Oates in Hume's 



N. # E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 152. 

 Propasser frontalis, Blyth, Pdis, 18G2, p. 390 ; id. J. A. 8. B. xxxii, 



