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white ; forehead, crown, nape, back, scapulars, and tertiaries tawny 

 brown ; a broad ashy collar on the hind neck and sides of neck ; 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, sides of the head, and the whole lower 

 plumage a paler but clearer tawny brown ; middle of abdomen and 

 the under tail-coverts white ; tail black, the feathers with broad 

 white tips, the middle pair frequently ashy for some distance in front 

 of the white tip; lesser wing-coverts brown, tipped ashy; median 



Fig. 53. Head of C. humii. 



coverts and the greater part of the outer \vebs of the greater coverts 

 white ; remainder of wing black, the primaries tipped with metallic 

 blue, and each with a large white patch on the inner web ; the later 

 primaries and secondaries edged wdth metallic lilac or purple. 



Female. Black parts of the head as in the male ; remainder of 

 head and neck ashy brown ; other parts of plumage as in male, but 

 the tawny brown everywhere very pale and dull, the wings chiefly 

 brown with some ashy on the outer w r ebs. 



Both sexes in winter have the black feathers of the chin and 

 throat narrowly tipped with w r hite. These margins soon wear 

 aw r av. 



The young of this species are unknown, but in the European 

 ally the nestling is brown above with black tips to the feathers ; 

 the head is suffused with yellow ; the lower plumage is white, each 

 feather with a black terminal bar ; the wings and tail resemble 

 those of the adult. 



Bui in winter whitish ; in summer blue ; legs flesh-colour. 



Length about 7 ; tail 2-5 ; wing 4 ; tarsus -85 ; bill from gape 

 85. 



This species differs from C. vulyaris of Europe in having a 

 lighter and less richly coloured head, a paler back, and the lower 

 plumage taw r ny brown, not vinaceous. 



Distribution. The only specimens of this species that 1 have seen 

 were collected at Attock in the Punjab in February and March. 

 There can be little doubt that the Hawfinch procured by Barnes nt 

 Chaman in Afghanistan belonged to this species. Of it he renmrks 

 that it is a common bird and resident. 



