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there is also a single female said to have been procured in Sikhim 

 by Mandelli, but there is no original label attached to this 

 specimen and I fear that some mistake may have been made re- 

 garding the locality. This Rose-Finch is found from about 4000 

 to 9000 feet according to season. 



758. Propasser rhodochrous. The Pink-browed Rose-Finch. 



Fringilla rhodochroa, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23 ; Gould, Cent. 



pi. 31, fig. 2. 

 Propasser rhodochrous ( Vig.), Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 459 ; Jerd. 



B. I. ii, p. 402; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 60; 



Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 255 ; Hume, Cat. no. 742. 

 Carpodacus rhodochrous ( Viy.}, Blyth, Cat. p. 122 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. M. xii, p. 413. 

 Gulabi tuti, Nep. ; Cheerya, Nep. plains. 



Coloration. Male. Crown and nape dusky crimson, with faint 

 shaft-streaks ; back and scapulars ruddy brown, streaked darker ; 

 rump rosy red ; upper tail-coverts dull crimson ; wing-coverts, 

 quills, and tail dark brown, margined with ruddy brown ; lores and 

 a broad band behind the eye crimson-brown ; a supercilium, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, and entire lower plumage rosy red, the plumage of the 

 head with a pearly tinge ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy 

 rosy. 



Female. Whole upper plumage olive-brown, broadly streaked 

 with dark brown ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail dark brown 

 margined with olive-brown ; a broad conspicuous ochraceous super- 

 cilium ; lores and a band behind the eye dark brown ; cheeks, chin, 

 and upper throat ashy, streaked brown ; the whole lower plumage 

 ochraceous buff, streaked with dark brown. 



The young resemble the adult female. 



Upper mandible, legs and feet dark brown ; lower mandible a 

 lighter brown, fleshy brown towards the base ; iris red-brown 

 (Hume). 



Length 6 ; tail 2-6 ; wing 2'8 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from gape -45. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Dharmsala to Nepal, not 

 occurring in summer much below 7000 feet according to Stoliczka. 

 Royle, as quoted by Jerdon, asserts that this Kose-Finch occurs in 

 the plains near Saharanpur. 



Godwin-Austen (J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 110) refers to this 

 species, with some doubt, a female specimen of a Bose-Finch pro- 

 cured in the Khasi hills by him. 



759. Propasser rhodopeplus. The Spotted-winged Rose-Finch. 



Fringilla rhodopepla, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23 ; Gould, Cent. 



pi. 31, fig. 1. 

 Propasser rhodopeplus (77</.), Hortf. $ M. Cat. ii, p. 458 ; Jerd. 



B. 1. ii, p. 400 ; Hume, Cat. no. 739. 

 Carpodacus rhodopeplus (F/V/.), Blyth, Cat. p. 121; Sharpe, Cat 



B. M. xii, p. 417. 

 Gulabi tuti, Nep. 



