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classed as a true Fringilla, and as a Carduelis. Its colors approxi- 

 mate it to the Rose-finches as well as to the Gold-fmches ; and 

 Blyth indeed notes that " it is a true FrinffiUa, allied to the Gold- 

 finches, with affinities for the Eed-finches." 



Gen. Callacanthis, Reichen. 



Bill Finch-like, i. e. as in Fringilla, but somewhat more robust 

 and broader, much shorter and stouter than in Carduelis ; otherwise 

 as in Fringilla, but with a peculiar coloration. 



Bonaparte who adopts this genus, says " scarcely a Fringilla, 

 by no means a Carduelis." 



748. Callacanthis Burtoni, Gould. 



Carduelis, apud Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, 90 — Gould, Birds of 

 Asia, pt. I., pi. 15 — Fringilla erytbrophrys, Blyth, J. A. S. XV, 

 38— Blyth, Cat. p. 337. (App., No. G). 



The Red-browed Finch. 



Descr. — The male has the crown, ear-coverts, Avings, and tail, 

 brownish black ; the forehead, a broad supercilium, chin, and throat, 

 crimson ; the upper plumage ruddy brown, deepest on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; wings marked with white, chiefly on the 

 primary and greater coverts, and on the secondary quills ; the 

 outer tail-feathers mostly white towards the tip ; all the others 

 except the middle pair, white tipped. In summer the whole under 

 parts appear to become more or less crimson. 



Bill yellow; legs light brown. Length 7 inches; wing 3| ; 

 tail 2f . 



The female is plain brown above, darker on the crown, with a 

 bright saffron eye streak, and the forehead ochreous ; the back is 

 yellowish brown, and there is less white on the wings than in the 

 male ; beneath pale brown, tinged with fulvous. 



This remarkable Finch has only hitherto been found in the 

 North-west Himalayas, chiefly in the mountains beyond Simla. 



Gen. Carduelis. 



Char. — Bill lengthened, conic, compressed ; the tip attenuated 

 and acute ; the gonys straight, ascending ; the commissure slightly 

 sinuated ; wing lengthened, pointed ; the first three quills nearly 



