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the quills except the first four primaries and the last two or three 

 secondaries with a basal patch of white on the inner web ; tertiaries 

 brown, broadly edged with fulvous. 



Female. Apparently differs from the male in having the ferru- 

 ginous on the sides of the neck and throat produced so as to form 

 a continuous collar across the lower throat ; and the white on the 

 forehead less extensive. 



The young bird resembles the adult closely, but is paler and has 

 the marks on the head less distinct. 



In the dry state the bill is bluish black and the legs black. 



Length about 6 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 3'7 ; tarsus -85 ; bill from 

 gape '55. 



Distribution. Sikhim and Tibet, extending to Western China. 

 This species is found at great altitudes, Blanford meeting with it 

 at 15,000 and 16,000 feet. Mandelli procured many young birds, 

 just able to fly, in Tibet, immediately north of Sikhim, in June. 



785. Montifringilla adamsi. Adams's Mountain-Finch. 



Montifringilla adamsi, Moore, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 482, 1859, 

 p. 178, pi. 156 ; Hume $ Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 262 ; Hume, 

 N. 8f E. p. 473 ; Stoticzka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 62 ; id. 

 8. F. ii, p. 463, iii, p. 220 ; Scully, 8. F. iv, p. 172 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 752 ter ; Sharpe, Cat. S. M. xii, p. 261 ; Oates in Hume's N. 

 $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 165. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage brown, the feathers of the 

 back with a broad median darker brown streak ; upper tail-coverts 

 with the outer webs whitish, the inner brown ; middle tail-feathers 

 black with fulvous edges ; the next black at base of inner web 

 and at tip of both webs, white elsewhere ; the others white with 

 black tips ; lesser and median wing-coverts and tertiaries brown ; 

 greater coverts dark brown, broadly tipped white ; primary-coverts 

 white, tipped brown ; primaries blackish, edged with fulvous ; 

 secondaries brown, with a large amount of white near the tips ; 

 the sides of the head and neck and the whole lower plumage pale 

 fulvous-white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white. 



In spring and summer the plumage is much worn down and 

 consequently duller, but no other change takes place. The sexes 

 appear to be alike. 



Legs, feet, and claws black ; iris brown ; bill black in summer, 

 orange-yellow, dusky on culmen and brown at tip, in winter (Hume}. 



Length nearly 7; tail 2-7; wing 4-3; tarsus -8 ; bill from 

 gape -65. 



Distribution. The higher regions of the Himalayas beyond the 

 first snowy range. On the east this species occurs as far as Sikhim 

 according to Hume, and on the west it is met with over the greater 

 part of the north and east of Kashmir, Laddk, Kulu, &c. It has 

 also been met with near G-ilgit, and it extends to Kashgarh and 

 Tibet. This species appears to be found between 11,000 and 1.4,000 

 feet in summer. 



