224 SVRItfGILLID^. 



eye over the ear-coverts black, tinged with red ; upper plumage, 

 scapulars, lesser wing-coverts, sides of the neck, and the whole 

 breast dusky, tinged with vinaceous, and each feather margined 

 with sanguineous ; remaining wing-coverts, quills, and tail dark 

 brown, edged with dusky red ; abdomen rosy red ; sides of the body 

 brown, suffused with rufous; under tail-coverts brown, margined 

 with pink ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dark brown. 



Fig. (JO.— Head of P. ncpalaitsis. 



Female. The whole upper plumage brown, each feather more or 

 less margined with ochraceous, most distinctly so on the back ; 

 wings dark brown, the coverts and the tertiaries very broadly tipped 

 and margined near the tip with ochraceous ; remainder of the wing 

 and the tail brown, narrowly margined with ochraceous ; sides of 

 the head and neck and the whole lower plumage uniform ochraceous 

 brown, the under tail-coverts lighter and with dusky centres. 



This species does not appear to undergo any appreciable change 

 of plumage according to season. 



The young resemble the adult female closely. 



Bill dusky, paler below ; iris dark brown ; legs fleshy brown 

 (Scully). 



Length about 6-3; tail 2'6; wing 3-6; tarsus '85; bill from 

 gape -55. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan at eleva- 

 tions of from 6000 to 14,000 feet, accordiug to season. This species 

 extends into the mountains of Western China. 



Habits, Sj-c. This bird appears to be found in small flocks feeding 

 on the ground, and is said not to be at all shy. 



766. Procarduelis rubescens. Blanford's Hose-Finch. 



Procarduelis rubescens, Blanf. P. Z. 8. 1871, p. 694, pi. 74 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 746 bis; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 184. 

 Procarduelis mandellii, Hume, S. F. i, pp. 14, 318 (1873). 



Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage, scapulars, lesser 

 and median wing-coverts crimson, brightest on the crown, the bases 

 of the feathers showing through more or less everywhere and im- 

 parting a brownish hue to the plumage ; greater coverts brown, 

 edged with red in some specimens, with rufous or fulvous brown in 

 others ; tertiaries the same ; remaining quills and tail-feathers 

 dark brown, narrowly margined with reddish ; lores and a band 



