396 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



736. Propyrrhula subhemachala, Hodgson, 



Corythus, apud Hodgson, As. Ecs., XIX. 152— Blyth, Cat. 

 668— HoRSF., Cat. 682. 



The Red-iieaded Rose-Finch. 



Descr. — Male, the forehead and supercilia, checks, and more 

 or less of the throat and breast, fine roseate, brlgiitening to crimson 

 in the breeding season ; crown, back, and wings, olivaceous brown, 

 margined with the same, more or less bright, and often mingled 

 with dull greenish orange, both purer on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts; primaries and tail hair-brown, margined with red or 

 orange ; lower parts, below the breast, dull brownish grey, tinged 

 with olivaceous on the flanks. 



The female has the forehead, and part of throat and breast, bright 

 yellow ; the rest of the head, the neck, and the lower plumage 

 plumbeous grey, tinged with greenish, paler and albescent on the 

 vent and under tail-coverts ; upper plumage dusky greenish ; 

 wings and tail dusky brown, with yellow edges to the outer webs, 

 slight upon the tail-feathers. 



Bill fleshy brown ; legs pale brown ; irides hazel brown. Length 

 about 8 inches ; wing 3f to nearly 4 ; tail 3. 



In winter the rosy hue is more or less wanting, or much mixed 

 with greenish dusky. Young males have little red, except on the 

 forehead and throat. 



This jSne Rose-finch has only been procured in the S. E. 

 Himalayas, in Nepal and Sikim, during winter. I obtained it 

 near Darjeeling, frequenting the more open parts of the woods 

 in small parties. It has ni)t hitherto been sent from the N. "W. 

 Himalayas. 



The Pine Grosbeak is found in the northern portion of both 

 Continents, and is quite intermediate in its colours and structure 

 to ths Cross-bills and the Rose-finches. 



4th. The Rose-finches. 



Tiiese comprise a number of Finchcp, varying in the form 

 of the bill, but all agreeing in the males being more or less rosy 



