306 LEUGOSTICTEFRIKGILLA 



Hob. Kamchatka, Eastern Siberia, Japan, and Northern 

 China. 



Frequents the same localities as L. gigliolii, rocky bare 

 places in the mountains, and feeds on small seeds. It breeds 

 in Kamchatka, nesting in the rocks, but I do not find any 

 description of its nest and eggs. 



449. TIBETAN GROUND-LINNET. 

 LEUCOSTICTE ROBOROWSKII. 



Leucosticte roborowskii, Prjev., Ibis 1887, p. 411. 



$ ad. Upper part of the head carmine, with silvery specks on the 

 nape ; sides of head and throat blackish carmine, with large triangular 

 silvery spots on the throat ; the whole body reddish pink, with carmine 

 margins on the back of the neck and back, as well as on the shoulders and 

 upper wing-coverts ; the prevailing colour of these latter is light brown ; 

 upper and under tail-coverts pink ; thighs white ; on the hinder flank - 

 feathers a few long, blackish bars ; feathers and under wing-coverts white r 

 with pink margins ; primaries brown, with whitish red margins, broader 

 on the inner ones which have greyish white tips ; inner web of primaries 

 and part of secondaries similarly coloured ; tail brown, with whitish 

 red external margins, except the outer feathers, which have white margins ; 

 bill dark horn, paler at the base ; legs brown ; iris dark hazel. Culmen 0'54, 

 wing 4'9, tail 3'55, tarsus 0'82 inch. 



Hob. Eastern Burkhan-Budda range Tibet, at from 15,000 

 to 16,000 feet altitude. 



In habits and mode of life undistinguishable from L. IrandtL 

 Only one specimen, the type of this species, is known at 

 present, and not having had an opportunity of examining this, 

 I have reproduced Prjevalsky's description. 



FRINGILLA, Linn., 1766. 



450. CHAFFINCH. 

 FRINGILLA CUELE3S. 



Frwgilla cartels, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 318 (1766) ; Naum. v. p. 13 r 

 pi. 118, figs. 1, 2 ; Hewitson, i. p. 192, pi. xlix. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of 

 E. iii. pi. 187 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 34 ; Newton, ii. p. 68 ; 

 Dresser, iv. p. 3, pi. 182 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 171 \ 

 Saunders, p. 183 ; Lilford, iv. p. 36, pi. 19. 



