232 Mr. H. B. Tristraai (jn some Passerine Birds. 



of precisely the same brown as in the female of P. griseiventris, 

 while the back is of the same rich ashy hue as in the male of P. 

 coccinea. In measurements it very slightly exceeds the largest 

 specimen I possess of the latter. It is a male bird, shot 

 January 10th, at Nulato, and is evidently adult, from the rich, 

 well-defined black colour of the head. The cheeks are faintly 

 tinged with rose. 



This large and line Bullfinch evidently bears the same rela- 

 tion specifically and geographically to Pyrrhula griseiventris, 

 Lafr., which P. coccinea does to our more southern and western 

 P. rubicilla, Pall. 



This bird makes the second new species added to the genus 

 since the publication of Mr. Blyth's paper (Ibis, 1863, p. 440). 



We may therefore now arrange the species of the genus 

 Pyrrhula, as restricted, thus : — 



A. Species inhabiting the northern region. All with black 



heads. 



a. With white rump. 



Majores.— 1. Pyrrhula coccinea, De Selys, Europe. 



2. P. cassini, Baird, Alaska. 

 Minores. 3. P. rubicilla, Pall. {=pyrrhula, L., vul- 

 garis, Temm., europcea. Leach), Eu- 

 rope generally, except Scandinavia (?) 

 and the extreme south. 

 4, P. griseiventris, Lafr. { = orientalis, 

 Temm.), Japan. 



b. Without white rump. 



5. P. murina, Godm. Azores. 



B. Inhabiting the Himalayan region. Without a black head. 



6. P. erytlirocephala, Vig. Himalayas generally. 



Head red in male, and yellow in female. 



7. P. aurantiaca, Gould. Kashmir. Head and back 



orange in the male. 



8. P. erithacus, Blyth. Sikhim. Head and back 



ash-coloured, pectoral region bright red. 



9. P. nipalensis, Hodgs. Eastern Himalayas. Head 



and back ash-coloured, lower plumage paler 

 ash-colour. 



