300 FRINGILLID/E. 



Hab. Himalayas, Kumaon, Bhootan, Nepaul and Sikkim. Jerdon says it 

 is a cold weather visitant at Darjeeling, being found there in moderate flocks, 

 feeding on the roads sometimes or among the ferns and brushwood. 



815. Procarduelis rubescens, Blanf., P. z. S. 1871, p. 694, 



pi. 74; Hume, Str. F. 1873, PP- H-SiS; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. 

 p. 184. The PALE ROSE FINCH. 



Adult male. General colour above dark vinous red, the mantle and scapulars 

 with somewhat dusky bases ; wing coverts like the back ; the greater coverts, 

 bastard wing, primary coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with rhubarb 

 brown ; upper tail coverts like the back ; tail dusky brown, edged with dull red ; 

 crown of head brighter and more crimson - t lores dusky ; sides of the face, 

 feathers round the eye, ear coverts, cheeks and under surface of the body rosy 

 crimson; abdomen ashy grey, paler and whiter towards the vent; sides of 

 the body and flanks rosy crimson ; under tail coverls ashy grey, edged with 

 greyish white. 



The female is brown above, washed with crimson on the rump and lower 

 back and upper tail coverts; cheeks, throat and under surface of the body 

 brown, whitish on the lower abdomen and vent. 



Length. 5 to 5'2 inches; wing 3-15 ; tail 2 ; tarsus 07; oilmen 0-5. 



Hab. Nepaul and Sikkim. Hume's collection contains four specimens 

 from Darjeeling. 



Gen. 



Bill more lengthened than in the last, conic, compressed, the tip attenuated 

 and acute ; gonys straight, ascending ,* commissure slightly sinuated ; wings 

 lengthened, pointed, the first three quills equal ; tail moderate, emarginate ; 

 feet short, hind claw rather long. 



816. Carduelis caniceps, Vigors., P. z. S. 1831, p. 71; Gould, 



Cent. Him. B. pi. 32, fig. i ; Roylc, III. Bot. Him. pi. 8, fig 2 ; Blyth, Cat. 

 Mus. As. Soc. No. 675 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 408, No. 749 ; Str. F. iiu 

 255. The HIMALAYAN GOLD FINCH. 



Upper surface of the body whitey brown ; rump and upper tail coverts 

 white ; a narrow band of scarlet continued round the base of the bill to the 

 chin ; wings black, with a golden yellow band, and a few spots on the 

 secondaries ; tail black ; the inner webs of the outermost feathers with a large 

 patch of white and the four centre feathers tipped with white ; under surface 

 of the body whitish, the breast and flanks tinged with ashy. Bill carneous, the 

 tip dusky ; legs pale brown ; irides brown. 



Length. 5-5 inches ; wing 3-25 ; tail 2*1 ; bill at front 0*5. 



/fo3. N.-W. Himalayas ; common about Mussoorie and Simla, extending 

 into Afghanistan. 



