228 Capt. H. J. Walton on the 



50. Carpodacus rubicilloides. 



Carpodacus rubicilloides Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. 

 p. 299, pi. liv. (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 402 

 (1888) ; Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, 

 p. 135. 



a, b. $ adult; c. ? adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, 

 Dec. 2, 1903. 



Nos. 1919, 1928. <J adult; 1920. ? adult. Gyantse, 

 12,000 feet, April 23, 25, 1904. 1928. Bill dull greenish 

 horny ; feet dark brown ; iris dark brown. 



No. 1960. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 3, 1904. 

 Bill brownish horny ; feet very dark brown ; iris dark 

 brown. 



Similarly distributed to the lighter form, C. severtzovi. 



51. LlNOTA RUFO-STRIGATA. 



Linota rufostrigata Walton, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xv. 

 p. 93 (July 1905). 



No. 146. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 9, 

 1903. Bill yellowish horny, tips dusky ; feet very dark 

 brown ; iris dark brown. 



Nos. 1744. S; 1745.^; 1746. ?. Khamba Jong, 15,200 

 feet, Oct. 9, 1903. 



Nos. 1761. <$; 1762. $ ; 1763. $ ; 1764. $ ; 1765. $; 

 1766. ? . Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Nov. 4, 1903. 



No. 1782. $ . Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Nov. 19, 1903. 



Nos. 1911. <$; 1916. ?; 1926. S- Gyantse, 12,000 

 feet, April 19-23, 1904. 



No. 1946. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 1, 1904. 



No. 1985. <$ adult. Nagartse, 13,000 feet, July 7, 1904. 



No. 2002. ? adult. Lhasa, 12,200 feet, Aug. 15, 1904. 



This Linnet differs from L. brevirostris in size. The 

 average wing-measurement of six specimens of A. brevi- 

 rostris is 2*96 inches ; of a similar number of the Tibetan 

 birds 345 inches. In all the Tibetan skins the white 

 border to the inner web of the outer and penultimate tail- 

 feathers is less than half as broad as in ^4. brevirostris. The 

 lower abdomen and under-tail-coverts in the Tibetan bird 



