322 FRINGILLID^E. 



greater series, dusky brown edged with lighter brown, rather rosy towards the 

 ends ; bastard wing, primary coverts and quills dark brown, edged with dull 

 rosy; the secondaries edged with ruddy brown, the inner ones with ashy 

 whitish near the tips ; upper tail coverts brown, tipped with rosy and centred 

 with black ; tail dark brown, edged with ruddy brown ; crown of the head 

 ruddy brown, tinged with rosy and centred with black ; lores dusky ; base of 

 forehead and eyebrow pale rosy, with a pearly gloss, streaked with black on the 

 anterior portion of the eyebrow ; ear coverts, sides of face and cheeks rosy 

 with a pearly gloss, surmounted by a dark brown stripe over the ear coverts ; 

 throat and under surface of the body rosy, with a pearly gloss on the throat and 

 foreneck and with black shaft lines ; breast and abdomen with crimson reflec- 

 tions, the latter uniform ; sides of the body and flanks brown, streaked 

 with black ; thighs brown ; under tail coverts rosy, streaked with black, the 

 long ones edged with whitish near the tips ; under wing coverts rosy, centred 

 with black, the longer ones whitish ; axillaries pale rosy. (Sharpe.) 



Length 72 to 7-5- inches; wing 3-05 ; tail 2-4 ; tarsus 07; culmen 0-45. 



The female is ruddy brown above, streaked with black centres to the 

 feathers ; the lesser wing coverts like the back, and the median and greater 

 series blackish, margined with light reddish brown, paler at the tips of the 

 feathers ; bastard wing, primary coverts and quills blackish, edged with brown, 

 the inner secondaries with pale reddish brown ; rump more uniform than the 

 back ; upper tail coverts ruddy brown, with black centres ; tail dark brown, 

 margined with paler brown ; crown of head like the back, centred with black 

 streaks ; eyebrow creamy white, narrowly streaked with black ; sides of face, 

 ear coverts and cheeks pale tawny buff, streaked with black ; a dark brown 

 line above the upper edge of the ear coverts ; throat and under surface of the 

 body pale tawny buff, paler on the throat and whiter on the abdomen ; under 

 tail coverts pale tawny buff and centred with black ; axillaries and under 

 wing coverts pale tawfiy buff wkh ashy bases. {Sharpe.} 



Length. 5-5 inches; wing 3; tail 2-2 ; tarsus 07; culmen 0-45. 



Hal. The Himalayas from Kumaon to Nepaul and Sikkim. 



Gen. Pyrrhospiza- Hodgs. 



Bill conical, elongate, with a slightly curved outline both above and below, 

 somewhat compressed and tapering to the tip ; gonys arched ; wings long, 

 reaching to more than half the length of the tail, which is moderately long. 

 1st four primaries subequal, 2nd and 3rd rather the longest; feet adapted for 

 ground habits ; toes rather long ; claws large and arched. (Jerd?) 



852. Pyrrhospiza punicea, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. xiii., p. 953; 



Jerd., B. Jnd.ii., p. 406, No. 747 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, P- Io8 '> Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 431. Propyrrhula rubeculoides, Hodgs,, P. Z. S. 1845, 

 p. 36. Pyrrhospiza Humii, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii., p. 433. The 

 LARGE RED-BREASTED FINCH. 



