156 On a new Finch of the Genus Propasser. 



No. 86, S ' Genteng Lebak, March 31, 1879. Dark-red 

 irides. " Ponyou." 



No. 118, c?- Genteng Lebak, April 26, 1879. 



Nos. 126, 127, S juv. Genteng Lebak, May 3, 1879. 



No. 128, ? juv. May 3, 1879. Feeds on seeds. 



80. Rallus philippensis, L. 



Eulabeornis philippensis, Gray, Handl. B. iii. p. 57. 

 no. 10377. 



No. 24, young. Direction Island, January 28, 1879. 

 '' Ayam utan.^^ 



This specimen is immature, but has indications of the yel- 

 lowish band on the breast; so that it seems to be undoubtedly 

 of the present species. 



81. Glareola orientalis, Horsf. ; Salvad. Ucc. Born, 

 p. 319. 



No. 70. Arendong, Bantam, March 22, 1879, Irides black. 



XII. — Description of a new Finch of the Genus Propasser 

 from Yarkund. By Major J. Biddulph. 



(Plate VI.) 



A SMALL number of Rose Finches, identified at the time as 

 Propasser rhodochlamys, were procured by me during the 

 winter of 1873-74 in Yarkund. The large series of P. rho- 

 dochlamys since obtained, and a careful examination of the 

 figures and published descriptions, leave no doubt in my 

 mind that the Yarkund bird is distinct and hitherto unde- 

 scribed. I therefore propose to name it 



Propasser rhodometopus, sp. nov. (Plate VI.) 

 Male. — Top of the head dark vinaceous brown; upper 

 pkimage greyish brown with a vinous tinge, the feathers 

 rather narrowly dark-centred ; the forehead, a broad super- 

 cilium, and the entire throat and cheeks bright silvery pink ; 

 the entire underparts and rump grey with a pink sheen, 

 paler on the rump ; wings brown, edged with rosy, narrowly 



