Dr. J. E. Gray on a new yeiius of Fish-scaled Lizards. 345 



PROPASSER PULCHKRUIMUS, IlodgSOll. 



Propasser pulcherrimus, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. MIsc. (1844), 

 p. 85. 



Hab. Himalaya. lu Mus. East India Comp., Brit. Mug., J. Gould, 

 Esq. 



The male differs from P. rhodochrous in having the forehead, 

 superciliary streak, cheeks, throat, and uuder-parts, witii the rump, 

 of a paler or more silvery-crimson colour, being in some lights very 

 silvery ; the upper parts, with the crown, are dusky-brown with pale 

 crimson-tinged edges to each feather. The female differs from the 

 same sex of P. rhodochrous in having the uuder-parts dusky white,, 

 instead of rufescent, and the colours above are also less rufesceut. 



The size is the same as that of P. rhodochrous, excepting that in; 

 P. pulcherrimus the wing is longer in both sexes. 



Remarks, — Both sexes of this species and P. rhodochrous were 

 sent from Nepal by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., under the name oi pul- 

 cherrimus, which name, upon examining his original drawing-s iir ■ 

 the British Museum, we find refers to the true rhodochrous and not ta 

 the present species ; but, as that indefatigable naturalist applied the 

 name to both birds, we deem it but correct to retain it for the present 

 bird. 



Genus Ltnota, Bonaparte. 



Cannabina, Brehm. 



LiNOTA BREVIROSTRIS, Gould. 



Linota hrevirostris, Gould, Bonap. Geogr. et Comp. List of B« 

 p. 34 (1838). 



? Frinyilla hella, Hempr. et Ehrenbcrg, Mus. Berol. 



Hah. Erzeroum and Afghanistan. In Mus. East India Comp. et 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



Allied to i. montium, but distinguished from that species by its 

 lighter colour, and the male having the pink colour on the rump 

 paler ; the axillaries avid the basal edge of the inner web of the 

 ])rimaries and secondaries [)ure white ; the tail being margined on the 

 whole outer and broadly on the inner web also with pure white ; the 

 })rimaries and secondaries above are also broadly margined exteriorly 

 with white. The female is also paler and broadly edged as in the 

 male with white. 



Length 5 inches ; of wing 3|-ths ; of tail 2f ths ; centre feathers' 

 -o- inch less ; bill to frontal plumes y'^ths ; to gape ^ an inch ; tarsus- 

 Y^^ths ; centre toe aud claw |ths ; and hind ditto ^ an inch. 



Remark. — Cabanis in Catal. Birds Mus. Heine, p. IGl, states 

 that " the bill of F. hella, of Ilempr. and Ehrenb., is a trifle larger 

 than in L. cannahina, Linn., but in colour almost agrees with L. 

 frinyillirostris, Bonap. et Schlegel, Monog. Loxiens, t. 49. p. 45. 



New Genus of Fish-scaled Lizards (Scissosarje), from 

 New Guinea. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D. F.R.S., etc. etc. 



The Lizard which I have the pleasure of bringing before the 

 Society this evening, was presented to the British Museum, with 



