304 FRINGILLID^E. 



823. Montifringilla ruficollis, Bianf., J. A. S. B. xli. p. 67 ; 



Gould, B. Asia, vol. v. pi.; Sir. F. iv. p. 486; vii. p. 420. The RED- 

 NECKED MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



Forehead whitish, passing into the rather pale umber brown of the head ; 

 supercilia white ; lores and a line from them passing under the eye black ; 

 this line is continued posteriorly over the ear coverts, and its colour changes to 

 dark ferruginous ; back umber brown, with dark central dusky streaks to the 

 feathers ; rump more ferruginous j wings brown, the first primary with the 

 outer web white, the others with fulvous outer margins, all with white in- 

 ternal edges and a broad white wing band, visible only in the expanded wing, 

 formed by a white spot on the inner webs of all the primaries except the first 

 four and the whole basal portion of the inner web of the remaining quills, 

 except the last three, which have broad fulvous borders ; lesser wing coverts 

 mostly white, with a row of dark spots on the upper series of feathers ; angle 

 of wing greyish ; upper tail coverts long, pale umber brown, with a fulvous 

 tinge ; central tail feathers and the tips of the remainder for about half an 

 inch dark brown with fulvous margins ; basal portion of all the tail feathers 

 except the central pair ashy, external web of the outermost white ; cheeks, 

 chin and throat white, with two black lines, one from each side of the base of 

 the lower mandible ; ear coverts bright ferruginous ; sides of the neck the 

 same but a little paler, the rufous tint forming a demi-collar very slightly 

 interrupted ; under surface of the body white, tinged with isabelline ; iris red- 

 dish brown. Bill and legs black. 



The female has not the white forehead and the rufescent tinge on the 

 rump ; the demi-collar is brown posteriorly and continuous round the front of 

 the neck. 



Length. 6*75 inches; wing 3*56 to 3*63; tail 2*1 to 2*3; tarsus 0*85; 

 hind claw 0-36; culmen 0-43. 



Hab. Himalayas, ranging to Sikkim and Thibet. 



824. Montifringilla blanfordi, Hume, Sir. F. iv. 487; id. 1879, 



p. 108 ; Sharpe> Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 265. BLANFORD'S MOUNTAIN 

 FINCH. 



Above uniform sandy brown, the upper tail coverts resembling the back ; 

 wing coverts like the back, with sandy edges to the median and greater coverts; 

 bastard wing and primary coverts black, fringed with ashy brown ; quills 

 blackish, externally edged with ashy brown ; the inner secondaries more 

 broadly margined and tipped with pale sandy ; the inner primaries and secon- 

 daries white at the base of the inner web, the former also white externally, as 

 well as the first primary ; centre tail feathers blackish, edged with white, the 

 remainder having the white increasing externally and towards the end, which 

 are edged with sandy buff and have a large subterminal blackish spot ; crown 

 of the head like the back ; the occiput, nape, and hind neck more rufous, 



