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the full Torn plumage of summer. In A. cannabina these parts 

 are a deep carmine-red ; in A. fringiUirostris a bright pomegranate- 

 red. Other differences alleged to exist between the two birds as 

 regards the amount of white on the wing and tail are, I find, of no 

 service in distinguishing them. 



Distribution. Occurs in Grilgit from November to February at an 

 elevation of 5000 feet. In the Hume Collection there is a specimen 

 said to have been procured at Daulatpur in Bind in November, and 

 Butler is under the impression that he observed a Linnet, probably 

 of this species, at Karachi. This Linnet extends westwards to Asia 

 Minor and it is found in Central Asia. 



770. Acanthis brevirostris. The Eastern Twite. 



Linota brevirostris, Gould, Bonap. Comp. List B. Eur. Sf N. Am. 



p. 34 (1838) ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 496 ; StoliczJca, J. A. S. B. 



xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 02 ; Hume ty Haulers. Lah. to Yark. p. 260, 



pi. 26 ; Scully, S. F. iv, p. 170. 

 Linaria brevirostris (Gould), Hume, S. F. vii, p. 417 ; id. Cat. no. 



751 bis ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 86, 1882, p. 284 ; Scully, Ibis, 



1881, p. 578. 

 Acanthis brevirostris {Gould), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 238; Gates 



in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 155. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, crown, nape, hind neck, back, and 

 scapulars pale sandy brown, each feather with a dark brown streak 

 down the middle; rump rosy pink ; upper tail-coverts dark brown 

 with broad whitish edges ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with white 

 on both webs ; wing-coverts dark brown, suffused with rufous 

 towards the edges and tipped with sandy white ; primaries and 

 secondaries blackish, the fourth to the eighth primaries broadly 

 edged with white, the others more narrowly with sandy white; 

 tertiaries brown, broadly edged with fulvous ; sides of head, chin, 

 and throat sandy brown ; breast and sides of the body sandy brown, 

 streaked with dark brown ; abdomen, under tail-coverts, under 

 wing-coverts, and axillaries white. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the rump of the same 

 colour as the back. 



In the summer the upper plumage is somewhat darker and the 

 rump brighter pink than in the winter. 



The young bird appears to resemble the adult female, but to be 

 more fulvous. 



Bill yellowish horny, brown on theculmen ; legs and feet brown, 

 claws dusky or black with yellowish tips : iris brown (Sculh/). 



Length about 55 ; tail 2-0 ; wing 3*1 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. Occurs in Gilgit apparently throughout the year 

 from 5000 feet upwards, according to season. Stoliczka observes 

 that this species is " rare in Ladakand visiting Kulu and the Sutlej 

 valley in winter ; it is also in winter caught near Chini, and some- 

 times caged." No one has since confirmed this account of this 



