CARPODACUS. 317 



streaked with dark brown; centre of abdomen, vent and under tail coverts 

 whity brown. Bill horny grey, darker on the culmen ; irides brown ; feet 

 fleshy brown. {Scully) 



Length. 6 inches ; wing 3'2 ; tail 2-6 ; tarsus O - 8 ; bill from gape 0*5. 



Hab. Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, 

 Central and South India, Sikkim and in the Himalayas, chiefly at the foot of 

 the hills and in the valley. Jerdon says it extends to Assam and Arrakan, and 

 Gates that it has also been procured at Tounghoo and in the Karin hills, also 

 Thayetmyo. It is found in India and Burmah as a winter visitor only, resorting 

 to Northern Asia and Europe to breed. The eggs are said to be five in 

 number, bluish green in colour, marked with reddish black j like the 

 Passerinse, it feeds on various seeds and grain. 



842. CarpodaCUS Sipahi (Hodgs.\ Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. 

 p. 397. Corythus sipahi, Hodgs., As. Res. xix. p. 151. Hsematospiza sipahi, 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. App. p. 342 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 394; Hume, 

 Str.F., 1869, p. 108 ; Haematospiza boetonensis, BIyth, J. A. S. B. 1841, 

 p. 95 1. The SCARLET GROSSES AK. 



Brilliant scarlet above and below ; the wings and tail dusky brown, edged 

 more or less with scarlet ; tibial feathers dark brown ; lower tail coverts scarlet 

 with dusky bases ; thighs sooty black ; axillaries scarlet. 



The female is dusky brown, the feathers broadly margined with dull 

 greenish yellow ; beneath pale olivaceous yellow with dusky crescentic marks, 

 becoming more albescent on the lower abdomen. Bill yellow ; legs brown ; 

 irides hazel brown. (Jerd*) 



Length. T$ inches ; wing 4-1 ; tail 2-5 ; bill at front 0*5 ; tarsus 075. 



Hab. S.-E. Himalayas, in Nepaul and Sikkim. Jerdon adds that it is by 

 no means rare about Darjeeling, haunting elevations from 5,000 to 1 ,000 feet. 



843. CarpodaCUS rubicilla ( Gould), Bp. et Schleg. Mon. de Loxiens, 

 p. 23; Jerd., B Ind. ii. p. 397, No. 737. Loxia rubicilla, Gould, Nov. 

 Comm. Petrop. xix. p. 464 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 25. Coccothraustes cauca- 

 sica, Pall. Zoogr. ii. p. 13. Pyrrhula caucasica, Keys and Blast, Wirb. Eur. 

 pp. xi. et 158. The CAUCASIAN ROSEFINCH. 



Forehead, ear coverts and throat shining white, bordered with carmine red ; 

 crown of the head, nape, back, wing coverts, scapulars and upper tail coverts 

 beautiful pale rosy grey ; primaries, secondaries and tail brownish black, 

 narrowly edged with reddish ; chin, abdomen and breast carmine red, each 

 feather with a triangular spot of shining white at the tip ; under tail coverts 

 pale carmine red ; rump the same. 



Thz/emale is brown above, paler beneath, the feathers streaked with dark 

 brown; primaries and secondaries brown, edged with pale brown. Bill dark 

 brown above, fleshy on the lower mandible ; feet dark brown. 



