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The White-browed Kose-finch. 



Descr. — Very similar to rodopeplus ; differs in the male being 

 hair brown above, centred with blackish, and only the lesser 

 range of wing-coverts being tipped with pale crimson ; the end of 

 the superciliary streak and the centre of the belly arc pure white. 

 The female differs from the female of rodopeplus in being paler 

 above, with paler centres to the feathers, and in tlie colour of 

 the lower parts being more uniform. It is a little smaller too than 

 the last species, and its bill is smaller and more pyrrhuline in its 

 form. 



This species Avas sent from Nepal by INIr. Hodgson, along with 

 rodopeplus, and its geographic range is not accurately known, 



741. Propasser rhodochlamys, Brandt. 



Pyrrhula, apud Brandt. — Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. IV., pi. 14 

 — C. Sophia, Bo^^ and Schleg. — C. grandis, Blytii, Cat. 659. 



The Eed-mantled Kose-finch. 



Descr. — Male, the feathers of the supercilium, the cheeks and 

 throat, shining rosy white ; upper surface greyish brown, strongly 

 tinged with rosy red ; the crown of the head Avashed with purplish 

 rose colour, and a line of dark brown down the centre of each 

 feather ; under surface and rump of a deep rose red ; quills and 

 tail-feathers brownish black, margined with greyish red ; under 

 wing-coverts rosy white. 



The female is brown, somewhat brighter on the lower sur- 

 face and with a streak of brownish-black down each feather ; 

 the wings and tail brown with paler margins, especially on the 

 greater and middle coverts of the wings. 



Bill brownish-grey above, yellowish beneath; feet brownish 

 yellow. Length of a female 7 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 2|. The 

 male is somewhat larger. 



This species has been obtained in the Tyne range of mountains 

 between Simla and Mussooree, and in the Pubher valley, near the 

 snow, on the Simla side, by Hutton ; and it also inhabits Tibet 

 and the Altai mountains. It resembles Propasser rJwdochrous in its 

 colours. 



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