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there is also a single female said to have been procured in Sikhim 

 by Mandelli, but there is no original label attached to this 

 specimen and I fear that some mistake may have been made re- 

 garding the locality. This Bose-Fineh is found from about 4000 

 to 9000 feet according to season. 



758. Propasser rhodochrous. The Pink-browed Rose-Finch. 



FringiUa rhodochroa, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23; Gould, Cent. 



pi. 31, fig. 2.- 

 Propasser rhodochrous ( Vig.), Horsf. $• M. Cat. ii, p. 459 ; Jerd. 

 B. I. ii, p. 402; Stoliczha, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 60; 

 Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 255 ; Hume, Cat. no. 742. 

 Carpodacus rhodochrous ( Vig.), Blyth, Cat. p. 122 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. M. xii, p. 413. 

 Qulabi tuti, Nep. ; Cheerya, Nep. plains. 



Coloration. Male. Crown and nape dusky crimson, with faint 

 shaft-streaks ; back and scapulars ruddy brown, streaked darker ; 

 rump rosy red ; upper tail-coverts dull crimson ; wing-coverts, 

 quills, and tail dark brown, margined with ruddy brown ; lores and 

 a broad band behind the eye crimson-brown ; a supercilium, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, and entire lower plumage rosy red, the plumage of the 

 head with a pearly tinge ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy 

 rosy. 



Female. Whole upper plumage olive-brown, broadly streaked 

 with dark brown ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail dark brown 

 margined with olive-brown ; a broad conspicuous ochraceoussuper- 

 cilium ; lores and a band behind the eye dark brown; cheeks, chin, 

 and upper throat ashy, streaked brown ; the whole lower plumage 

 ochraceous buff, streaked with dark brown. 



The young resemble the adult female. 



Upper mandible, legs and feet dark brown ; lower mandible a 

 lighter brown, fleshy brown towards the base : iris red-brown 

 (Hume). 



Lengtb 6 ; tail 2*6 ; wing 2*8 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from gape "45. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Dharmsala to Nepal, not 

 occurring in summer much below 7000 feet according to Stoliczka. 

 Boyle, as quoted by Jerdon, asserts that this Bose-Finch occurs in 

 the plains near Saharanpur. 



Godwin- Austen (J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 110) refers to this 

 species, with some doubt, a female specimen of a Bose-Finch pro- 

 cured in the Khasi hills by him. 



759. Propasser rhodopeplus. The Spotted-ivinged Rose-Finch. 



Fringilla rhodopepla, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23 ; Goidd, Cent. 



pi. 31, fig. 1. 

 Propasser rhodopeplus (Vig.), Horsf. § M. Cat. ii, p. 458 ; Jerd. 



B. 1. ii, p. 400 ; Hume, Cat. no. 739. 

 Carpodacus rhodopeplus ( Vu/.), Blyth, Cat. p. 121 ; Sharpe, Cat 



B. M. xii, p. 417. 

 Gulabi tuti, Nep. 



