306 FRINGILLID/E. 



F. 1873, p. 41 ; flume, Sir. F. 1879, P- IoS '> Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 954. 

 Leucosticte nemoricola, Blyth, J. A- S. B. xxiii. p. 213. The SIKKIM 

 LARK-FINCH. 



Very similar to M. sordida, but differs in being larger and in having the 

 wing coverts tipped and edged with pure white, and the axillaries tinged with 

 sulphur yellow or orange, Bill brown, the base paler; lower mandible 

 yellowish: feet and claws brown. (Sharpe.) 



Hob. Eastern Himalayas, from Nepaul to Bhootan, extending to the moun- 

 tains of Moupin and Kokonoor in Western China. (Sharpe,) Recorded from 

 Nepaul and Native Sikkim, Darjeeling and Bhootan. 



827. Montifringilla brandti Bp. Consp. i. p, 537. Montifringiiia 



haematopygia, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, F- U 4 ; id. B.Asia, v. pi, 3; Hume 

 and Henderson^ Lah. to Yark. p. 261 ; Scully, Str.F. 1876, p. 171. Leuco.s- 

 ticte haematopygia, Salvad., P. Z. S f 1868, p. 580; Hume, Str, F, 1879, 

 p. 108. BRANDT'S MOUNTAIN FINCH. 



Mantle and upper back sooty brown, streaked with blackish brown ; scapu- 

 lars ashy grey with dusky shaft stripes ; lower back and rump dusky brown, 

 the feathers edged with rosy at the tips ; lesser and median coverts ashy grey, 

 with dusky shaft lines and hoary edges; primary coverts and quills dusky 

 blackish, edged with white, more broadly so on the secondaries ; upper tail 

 coverts pale brown, with whitish edges ; tail blackish brown, edged with white ; 

 crown of head and neck sooty black, also the lores and feathers round the eye 

 as well as at the base of the bill ; ear coverts and sides of the hinder crown dark 

 ashy brown ; cheeks and throat the same ; rest of under surface of the body 

 ashy grey, with dusky shaft lines to the breast feathers ; lower abdomen white ; 

 sides and flanks ashy grey ; under tail coverts whitish, with dusky shaft lines ; 

 . under wing coverts and axillaries white. (Sharpe.) Bill black in summer, 

 dusky brownish in autumn, yellow at base ; legs, feet and claws black ; iris 

 brown. (Scully.) 



Length. 7 inches; wing 4-5 ; tail 3-1; tarsus O' 8 ; culmen 0'4S 

 Had. Himalayas, from Sikkim to Kulu and Cashmere, 



Gen. Khodopechys- Cab. 



Bill rather swollen at base ; culmen gently curved j wings do not reach the 

 tip of the tail ; nostrils covered by bristles, wings with a patch of red, 



828. Rhodopechys sanguinea, (Gould), Cad. Mus. Hein, Th. \. 



P. 157 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 28. Fringilla sanguinea, Gould, P. Z. S. 

 l %37> p. 127. Erythrospiza phcenicoptera, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. and N. 

 Amer. p. 34. Erythrospiza sanguinea, Blanf., East Pers. ii. p. 252 ; Dresser, 

 B. Eur. iv. p. 91, pi. 197; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 108. The RED-WINGED 



JIOSE-FINCH. 



