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and the tip faintly notched ; wings rather short ; tail slightly 

 forked. 



The birds of this genus differ from tlioso of the preceding by 

 the more lengthened and less tumid bills, and by the general tone 

 of the plumage, Avhicli is more of a vinous or claret colour than in 

 Carpodacus. In some, the first four primaries are about equal ; in 

 one species the 3rd and 4th are the longest, and the 1st and 2nd 

 successively shorter. Most of the known species are from the 

 Himalayas, and probably Central Asia. 



739. Propasser rodopeplus, Vigors. 



Fringilla, apud Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831 — Gould, Cent. Him. 

 Birds, pi. 31, f. 1— Blyth, Cat. 658— Horsf., Cat. (}89—Gulabi 

 tuti, in Nepal. 



The Spotted-winged Eose-finch. 



Descr. — ]\Iale, above dull crimson or ruddy brown, with dusky 

 or blackish median stripes, more brown on the back ; superciliary 

 stripe pale glistening roseate ; rump, and the tips of the wing- 

 coverts and tertiaries, vinaceous rosy pink ; the throat, breast, and 

 body beneath, dull vinous rosy. 



The female is deep brown above, with paler lateral margins ; 

 beneath light yellowish-brown, with dark central lines ; a broad 

 pale supercilium, and another pale line from the lower mandible. 



Bill horny brown ; legs pale brown ; iridcs brown. Length 

 6| inches ; wing 3j ; tail 2 1. Wings somewhat rounded, the 1st 

 being a good deal shorter, and the 2nd something shorter than the 

 3rd. 



This Jtose-iinch appears to be most abundant about Nepal and the 

 Central part of the Himalayas, being found sparingly at Mussooree, 

 according to Hutton, and it has not been procured in Sikim. 

 Hutton states " that it likes the brushwood best, where it often 

 keeps company with various Accentors." 



740. Propasser thura, Bonap. 



Bonaparte and Schlegel, Monog. Lox. pi. 23 — P. rodo- 

 peplus (in part), Hodgson — Moore, P. Z. S. 1855 — Horsf., 

 Cat. 090. 



