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and are found in the centrai and northem regions. They are con- 

 stantly flushed from the ground in corn-fields and are comparatively 

 familiar birds to the Accentors, -vv-hich avoid houses and cultivation. 



Genus Eniberiza. 



We have four species, three of which are the erythroptera, chlo- 

 rocephala, and aureola of authors, and the fourth is I think new, as 

 follows : — Eniberiza oinops, mihi. 



New subgenus, Ocyris, mihi. 



Bill very acute and perfectly conie, without any curve along the 

 culmen or gonys ; mouth simply angulated, -vvithout palatai knob ; 

 wings with 2-3 longest and equal. 



Type, E. oinops, mihi. — Above rūsty red, picked out with large 

 blackish centrai dashes ; below white, "vvith narrower dark marks, and 

 none on the lower belly and vent ; wings and tail black-brow'n ; -vving 

 -with large ruddy margins ; alars internally and lateraUy albescent ; 

 head and face rūsty red, with two longitudinal black marks on the 

 crown and another circling round the ear from the eye nearly to gape ; 

 bill dusky horn ; legs embro\vned fleshy ; iris browTi. Length, 5y 

 inches ; bill, -į^ ; tail, 2| ; w'ing, 2| ; tarse, | ; centrai toe and nail, f. 

 Weight i to f oz. Sexes alike. Stomach gizzard-like ; contents 

 seeds and gravel. 



Pyrrhulin^. 



Genus Loxia. 



L. himalayana, mihi. — Structure typical and plumage very similar 

 to that of the European tj^pe, and indeed I believe to all the known 

 species ; size small, and most resembling the American bird ; most part 

 of the head and neck and whole body below red, of a hue between 

 roseate and blood, and more or less sordid ; ręst of the head, neck, 

 back, wings and tail deep dusky brown, more or less sufFused, and 

 emarginated -vvith the richer colour; wings long, reaching two- 

 thirds dowTi the tail; 1-3 quills rather shorter than the second ; legs 

 and feet strong ; tarse heavily scaled, less the mid-toe and naU ; 

 lateral fore-toes equal and basally connected ; hind large, equal alone 

 to the laterals, and, tvith its large nail, much exceeding them ; claws 

 large, but not greatly curved. Female dusky brown above, slightly 

 sufFused and margined with vemal greenish yellow ; below greenish 

 yellow, -svith dusky centres to the plumes ; bill and legs in both 

 blackish ; female smaller. Malė measures 5\ inches ; bill, ^ ; tail, 

 2^; wing, 3į; tarse, \^; centrai toe and nail, J-^; hind, \^. In- 

 habits the Cachar only, near the snows, and rare there. 



To the šame region are for the most part confined the other thick- 

 billed Finches of the genera Coccothr austės, Corythus, Pyrrhula, and 

 their allies ; but most of these pass into the centrai hilly region in 

 spring in search of ripe fruits and berries, and in the winter some of 

 them proceed to the plains in search of food and uarrath, or are car- 

 ried there by dealers. The Himalayan Siskin is almost always found 



