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ad. (Himalayas). Crown, nape, and back deep chocolate ; rump 

 yellow ; quills blackish, the secondaries with greyish margins ; primaries 

 with the base of outer web yellow forming a large speculum ; larger wing- 

 coverts deep chocolate tipped with yellow ; median coverts yellow, lesser 

 ones deep chocolate ; middle tail-feathers blackish, the outer ones yel- 

 lowish on outer web, white on the inner, broadly tipped with black ; 

 ear-coverts and a long streak from the base of the lower mandible deep 

 chocolate ; supercilium, lores, throat, and a band nearly meeting on the 

 nape, together with the entire under parts bright yellow ; bill fleshy, 

 dusky at tip ; legs brownish fleshy ; iris brown. Culmen 0'4, wing 3'2, 

 tail 1*10, tarsus 0'65 inch. The female is much duller, has less yellow in 

 the plumage, and the dark upper parts are tinged with green. 



Hob. Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikhim ; Manipur ; east to 

 Szechuen. 



Inhabits the mountains up to about 9,000 feet. It breeds in 

 July or August, its nest being placed on the branch of a tree, 

 and constructed of fine grass, hair, and moss, and its 3 eggs are 

 pale green speckled with black, and measure about 0'69 

 by 0-52. 



409. TIBETAN SISKIN. 

 CHRYSOMITRIS THIBETANA. 



Chrysomitris thibetana, Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 107 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xii. p. 226, pi. iii ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 232. 



ad. (Sikhim). Upper parts olive-green, the back and scapulars 

 streaked with blackish ; ear-coverts, and a broad moustachial streak olive- 

 green ; supercilium, below the eye joining the supercilium behind the 

 ear-coverts, and under parts generally dull yellow, the flanks greener and 

 streaked with brown. Culmen 0'4, wing 2'7, tail 1*6, tarsus 0'5 inch. 

 The female has the under parts pale yellow and is streaked with brown. 



Hab. The Himalayas in the interior of Sikhim on the bor- 

 ders of Tibet. 



Inhabits high elevations, but I find no record of its habits or 

 nidification. 



410. CITRIL FINCH. 



CHRYSOMITRIS CITRINELLA. 



Chrysomitns citrmella (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 320 (1766) ; (Naum.) v. 

 p. 148, pi. 124, figs. 3, 4 ; (Gould) B. of E. iii. pi. 198 ; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 535, pi. 168 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 230. 



Venturon alpin, French ; Vcnturnne, Ital. ; Citronenzeisig, 

 German. 



