PROPASSER. 213 



Key to the Species. 



a. Supercilium red. 



a'. Crown of head with coarse black 



streaks. 



a". Feathers of forehead, superciliura, 

 throat, and cheeks with shining 

 white shaft-streaks ............ P. thura <$, p. 213. 



I". Feathers of above parts without 



white shaft-streaks. 

 a'". Red parts of the head rosy. ... P. pulcherrimus J, p. 215. 



b'". Red parts of the head crimson. P. ambiguus <5, p. 215. 

 b'. Crown of head unstreaked or with 



mere black shaft-lines. 

 c". Rump red. 



c'". Wing-coverts not tipped. 

 a 1 . Feathers of supercilium and of 

 sides of head and throat 

 pointed and shining rosy ; 

 wing 3-5 ................ P. grandis tf , p. 216. 



/;'. Feathers of supercilium and of 

 sides of head and throat 



rosy red, not pointed; wing 3. P. rhodochrous tf , p. 217. 

 d'". Wing-coverts broadly tipped 



with rosy ................ P. rhodopeplus <$ , p. 217. 



d". Rump coloured like back ...... P. edivardsi <$ , p. 218. 



b. Supercilium butf or ochraceous. 



c'. Ground-colour of lower plumage not 



uniform ; abdomen whitish ...... P. tfatra $ , p. 213. 



d 1 . Ground-colour of lower plumage 



uniform throughout. 

 e' 1 . Lower plumage ashy white 

 streaked with brown. 



e"'. Wiag .ess than 3 



f". Wing more than 3-5 ........ P. grandis $ , p. 216. 



/". Lower plnmage ochraceous buff, 



streaked with brown. 

 </"'. Wing under 3 ; culmen not 



exceeding -35 .............. P. rhodochrous $ , p. 217. 



h"'. Wing over 3; culmen over '4. 

 c 1 . Lores and ear-coverts nearly 



uniform black ; tail 2'8 ____ P. rhodopeplus $>, p. 217. 



rJ l . Lores and ear-coverts brown, 



mottled with buff; tail 2'6. . P. edicardsi $ , p. 218. 



754. Propasser thura. The White-browed Itose-Fi ndi . 



Carpodacus thura, Bonap. $ Schleg. Mon. Lox. p. 21, pi. 23 (1850) ; 



HlKtrpe, Cat. E. M. xii, p. 425. 

 Propasser thura (Bonap. 8f Schlec/.} Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 459 ; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 113; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 400; Blanf. 



J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii,p. (55 ; Hume. Cat. no. 740 ; Gates in HumSs 



N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 152. 

 Propasser frontalis, lilyth, Ibi^ 1802, p. 390 ; id. J. A. 8. B. xxxii, 



