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under tail-coverts ashy white, tinged with rose. Culmen 0*67, wing 4'5, 

 tail 3'45, tarsus 1*0 inch. The female differs from that of C. rubicilla in 

 being much paler. 



Hal. Turkestan, Gilgit, Ladak, Kashgar, Tibet, Tsaidam. 

 In the summer it inhabits the mountains at from 10,000 to 

 12,000 feet elevation, descending lower for the winter. 



In habits it does not differ from C. rubicilla. A nest and 

 eggs stated to be those of this species were taken by Dr. 

 Stoliczka in the province of Kupshu, Western Tibet, on the 

 7th July. The nest, which was placed on the ground under a 

 furze-bush, was constructed of coarse grass, lined with goat's 

 hair and a little vegetable fibre, and the eggs are pale greenish 

 blue with a few good sized spots and many tiny specks of black 

 or blackish brown, confined entirely to the broader half of the 

 egg ; in size they average about 0'98 by 0'69. 



468. SUBSP. CARPODACUS RUBICILLOIDES 



Carpodacus rubicilloides, Prjev. Mongol i Strana Tangut ii. p. 90, 

 Tab. xii. (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 402 ; Bianchi and 

 Berez. Plitz. Kan-su, &c. p. 135. 



ad. (Kan-su). Resembles C. ruUcilla, but is smaller, the tipper parts 

 are much more boldly striped, and the silvery white markings are much 

 narrower and less tinged with rose ; bill dark horn above, yellowish below ; 

 legs dark horn ; iris brown. Culmen, 0*45, wing 4 '04, tail 3' 5, tarsus 0'9 

 inch. The female has the upper parts brownish grey, striped with blackish 

 brown, paler on the rump ; wings and tail dark brown, with paler external 

 margins ; under parts yellowish white, narrowly striped with blackish 

 brown. 



Hob. Mountains of Kan-su, the plateau of Amdos, probably 

 also the mountains of Tibet. 



It inhabits open and bush-covered localities high up in the 

 mountains, and is tolerably wary. Its flight is high and 

 undulating, and its note resembles the whistle of Pyrrhula 

 major. There is nothing on record respecting its nidification. 



469. STOLICZKA'S ROSE FINCH. 

 CARPODACUS STOLICZILflS. 



Carpodacus stoliczkce. (Hume), Str. Feath. 1874, p. 523 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xii. p, 403 ; id. 2nd Yarkand Miss. p. 43, pi. vi. Bianchi 

 and Berezovski, Ptitz. Kan-su, &c. p. 134. 



