318 



Length. 8-5 inches ; wing 4 % 5 ; tail 4 ; tarsus I. 



Hab. N.-W. Himalayas. Has been found in the Punjab, at Pind Dadun 

 Khan, also in Cashmere. 



844. Carpodacus grandis, B/yth, J.A.S. B. xiii. p. 810, Carpo- 



dacus rhodochlamys (nee. Brandt?), Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 26. Propasser 

 rhodochlamys, (nee Brandt.} Bp. et Schleg. Monog. de Loxiens< p. 22, pi. 25 ; 

 Jerd., B. Ind t ii. p. 401, No. 741 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 1 08 ; Scully, Ibis, 

 iSSi, p. 578 ; Biddulph, t< c. p. 84. The RED-MANTLED ROSEFINCH. 



Upper surface of the body greyish brown, strongly tinged with rosy red ; 

 crown of the head washed with purplish rose colour, the feathers streaked with 

 dark brown; supercilium, cheeks and throat shining rosy white ; quills and 

 tail brownish black, margined with greyish red j rump and under surface of 

 the body deep rose-red ; under wing coverts rosy white. 



The female is brown, somewhat brighter on the lower surface, and with a 

 streak of brownish black down each feather ; the wings and tail brown with 

 paler margins especially on the greater and middle coverts of the wings. Bill 

 brownish grey above, yellowish beneath ; feet brownish yellow. 



Length female. 7 inches ; wing 3-5 ; tail 275. The male is larger, 



Hab< Himalayas, between Simla and Mussoorie, Thibet and the Altai 

 mountains, also Afghanistan and Native Sikkim. In the Hume collection are 

 specimens from Kotegurh, Simla, Chamba and hills north of Mussoorie. 



845- CarpOdaCUS rhOdOChroUS ( Vigors), Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 384. 

 Propasser rhodochrous, Hodgs., P. Z. S. 1845, p. 36 ; Jerd., B. Ind ii, p. 

 402, No. 714; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 255 ; Butler, Sir, F, 1880, p. 368. 

 Fringilla rhodochrous, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831. The PINK-BROWED ROSEFINCH. 



Upper surface of the body brown, edged with reddish ; head and neck dusky 

 crimson or vinous rosy ; forehead, supercilium and rump pale rosy ; wings 

 unspotted brown ; wing coverts reddish brown ; quills blackish, edged exter- 

 nally with ruddy brown ; under surface of the body dull vinous rosy. 



The female is brown above, the feathers edged with pale olive brown ; 

 beneath pale rufous or rufescent, with brown streaks. Bill pale brown ; legs 

 and feet fleshy brown. 



Length. -6 inches ; wing 2-8 ; tail 2-3. 



Hah. Western Himalayas, Cashmere to Nepaul. According to Hutton it is 

 common at Mussoorie, flying about in small flocks with Bulfinches and Siskins. 



846. CarpOdaCUS rhodOpeplllS (Vigors}, Gray, Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 384 ; Blylh, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. p. 121 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 53, Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 416. Propasser rhodopeplus, Hodgs., tned. in Br. Mus. 

 pi. 299; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 400, No. 739; Str. F. i. p. 15. Fringilla 

 rhodopeplus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 193 ; Gould, Cent. Him. B, pi. 31, fig. I. 

 The SPOTTED-WINGED ROSEFINCH. 



