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be distinguished from the same stage of E. luteola by its supe- 

 rior size and notably larger bill and coarser feet. 



160. Mycerobas carnipes (Hodgs). 



I have compared Gilgit examples of this species with others 

 from Kansuh and Tibet, and cannot detect any difference in 

 size or colours. There cannot be any doubt that Cocco- 

 thraustes speculigera^ Brandt, from Northern Persia, is merely 

 a synonym of C. carnipes, Hodgson. 



161. Pyrrhula aurantiaca, Gould. 



The following are measurements of eight specimens of this 

 Bullfinch :— Length 5'7 to 5-9, wing S'l to 3'3, tail 2-4 to 2-53, 

 tarsus 0*65, bill to gape 0*44 to 0*5, culmen 0*35 to 0*4. The 

 adult female has the head, nape, ear-coverts, and sides of neck 

 ashy, the hind head being tinged with dark grey ; back and 

 mantle olive, with a faint tinge of red ; fore neck and breast 

 reddish ash, rest of lower surface dull yellow ; the remaining 

 parts as in the male. Young males, in the middle of October, 

 closely resemble the female in colour; but the head, hind neck, 

 and ear-coverts are overlaid with the olive hue of the back. 



162. Carpodacus mongolicus, Swinhoe. 

 Erythrospiza incarnata, Severtzoff. 



Very common in large flocks throughout the winter, at an 

 elevation of little less than 5000 feet ; from May to October 

 it is only found at higher elevations, where it breeds. I have 

 compared Gilgit specimens of this bird with Swinhoe's type 

 of Carpodacus mongolicus (in Mr. Seebohm^s collection), and 

 find that the species is identical. The Chinese bird is not 

 darker than Gilgit or Turkestan examples; neither does it differ 

 from them in any respect whatever. The adult female only 

 differs from the male in being slightly smaller and in having 

 the rose colour less intense. The following are the extreme 

 dimensions of sixty-eight specimens of this species : — Length 

 5*3 to 6-15 inches, wing 3'35 to 3-8, tail 2*2 to 2"5, tarsus 

 0-63 to 0-7, bill to gape 0-4 to 0-43. 



164. Carpodacus erythrinus (Pall.). 



Common from the 18th April to the middle of September. 



