CARPODACUS 327 



parts pink all finely streaked with black ; beak brown above, grey below ; 

 legs greyish red, iris chestnut red. Culmen 0'5, wing 3'25, tail 2'55, tarsus 

 0-85 inch. 



Hob. The Himalayas from Nepal to Bhutan, S.W. Kan-su, 

 and Szechuen. 



It is usually found at high elevations, about 10,000 feet, in 

 the mountains. In its habits and note it resembles C. pulcher- 

 rimus, but nothing is known respecting its nidification. 



479. WHITE-BROWED ROSE-FINCH. 

 CARPODACUS THURA. 



Carpodacus thura, Bp. and Schleg. Mon. Lox. p. 21, pi. 23 (1850) ; 

 (Moore), P.Z.S. 1855, p. 215, pi. 113 ; (David and Oust.) Ois. Chine, 

 p. 357 ; Sharpe, Cat B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 425 ; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, ii. p. 213 ; C. dubius, Prjev. Mongol i Strana Tangut. ii. 

 p. 92, tab. xiii. (1876) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 427 ; Propasser blythi, 

 Biddulph, Ibis, 1882, p. 283, pi. ix. 



( ad. (Sikhim). Lores and feathers round the base of the bill 

 crimson, those on the forehead with silvery tips ; a broad supercilium, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, and throat rose-pink striped with silvery white ; 

 a broad band behind the eye blackish ; crown, nape, and upper parts 

 generally dark brown boldly streaked with blackish ; rump rose-pink ; 

 wings and tail blackish brown, the quills margined with rosy white or rose- 

 buff ; wing coverts margined and tipped with dull pink ; under parts rose 

 pink, the lower abdomen whitish ; under tail-coverts blackish, margined 

 with rose ; bill brown ; legs grey ; iris chestnut-brown. Culmen 0*48, 

 wing 3'3, tail 2'9, tarsus 0'9 inch. The female has the red replaced by 

 yellowish, the cheeks and ear-coverts pale rufous streaked with blackish, 

 the feathers at the base of the upper bill buff marked with black ; chin, 

 throat, breast, and flanks pale rufous streaked with black ; abdomen buffy 

 white ; under tail-coverts blackish margined with buffy white. 



Hob. Gilgit, Nepal, Sikhim, Tibet, Alashan, Kan-su, and 

 Amdos. 



It inhabits the more elevated portions of the mountains, and 

 has been met with at 11,000 feet and above. It frequents 

 rhododendron bushes, grassy slopes, thickets, on the banks of 

 rivers, and juniper bushes. Its song is very weak, but its call- 

 or alarm-note is unpleasant and somewhat resembles the 

 syllables brijj, brifj, brifj. Mandelli obtained a nest at Dolaka 

 in Nepal in August which was built in a thorn bush, cup- 

 shaped, and constructed of fine grass, coated exteriorly with 

 brown moss, and lined with white fur. The eggs, 3 in number, 



