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middle of the abdomen whitish, the flanks a darker brown, the 

 under tail-coverts very broadly edged with white ; axillaries yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts ashy white. 



The sexes appear to be alike. 



The nestling bird has the whole crown uniform deep rufous, the 

 upper plumage darker than in the adult and with deeper rufous 

 margins, and the lower plumage uniform rufous, a little paler than 

 the crown. The change to the adult plumage is difficult to trace, 

 but it is probable that the young bird retains the rufous head till 

 the second autumn. 



Bill and legs fleshy- brown ; iris red-brown {Hodgson) ; iris clear 

 nut-brown (A. David). 



Length about 6-5 ; tail 2-8 ; wing 3-9 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from 

 gape -55. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to Bhutan, extending 

 to Moupin and Western China. 



787. Fringillauda sordida. Stoliczlca's Mountain-Finch. 



Montifringilla nemoricola (Hodgs), Blyth, Cat. p. 121 (part.) 



Friii gill auda nemoricola, Hodgs., Horsf. 8f M. Cat. ii, p. 491 (part.) j 



Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 414 (part.) ; Hume fy Senders. Lali. to Yark. 



p. 264 ; Brooks, J. A. 8. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 84. 

 Fringillauda sordida, Stoliczka, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 63 



(1868) ; Hume, 8. F. i, p. 41 ; id. Cat. no. 753 bis j Biddulpli, 



Ibis, 1881, p. 88; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 579. 

 Montifringilla sordida (Stol), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 266. 



The Himalayan Lark-Finch, Jerd. (part,) 



Coloration. Resembles F. nemoricola, but has the axillaries pale 

 ashy and the tips to the median and greater wing-coverts less 

 distinct and tinged with rufous, not pure white. 



Iris cinnabar-red ; bill brown, a spot of brownish fleshy at base 

 of forehead between nostrils, and base of lower mandible brownish 

 fleshy ; legs, feet, and claws blackish brown (Hume). 



Of much the same size as F. nemoricola. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Afghanistan and GHlgit to 

 Kumaun, extending to parts of Central Asia. Common at about 

 5000 feet in winter about Gilgit, and in summer at 9000 or 

 10,000 feet. 



788. Fringillauda brandti. Brandt's Mounlain-FincJi. 



Leucosticte brandti, Bonap. Consp. Av. i, p. 537 (1850) ; 



Ibis, 1881, p. 88. 

 Montifringilla hsematopygia, Gould, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 115; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 62 ; Hume 8f Henders. Lah. to Yark. 



p. 261 ; Scully, 8. F. iv, p. 171. 

 Leucosticte haematopygia (Gould), Blanf. J. A. 8. B. xli, pt. ii, 



p. 66 ; Hume, Cat. no. 752 bis. 

 Montifringilla brandti (Bonap), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 269. 



Coloration. After the autumn moult the forehead, anterior part 



