694 MR.W.T. BLANFORD ON A NEW HIMALAYAN FINCH. [NOV. 2 1 , 



I shall, before proceeding to describe the new species, give a fresh 

 description of both sexes of Procarduelis nipalensis. 



Male. Forehead and front of crown bright crimson ; supercilia, 

 running back to the sides of the nape, the same, but a little paler ; 

 lores, a stripe through the eye to the ear-coverts, crown of head be- 

 hind, and sides of neck dusky red ; back and smaller wing-coverts 

 blackish brown, the feathers with blood-red margins, which are rather 

 more conspicuous on the rump ; quills, larger wing-coverts, and tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, with narrow pale reddish edges inconspicu- 

 ous on the rectrices, and broad only on the tips of the outer webs of 

 the last three quills and on the coverts ; sides of head below the eyes 

 and throat rosy crimson ; breast deep dark red, nearly the same colour 

 as the top of the head ; abdomen rosy pink ; under tail-coverts brown 

 with pink margins. Tarsi faintly scutellated. 



Female. Above fuliginous umber-brown, the feathers rather darker 

 near the shafts ; greater and smaller wing-coverts and the last three 

 wing-feathers with pale tips to the outer webs ; quills and tail-feathers 

 darker brown than the back and with very narrow pale edges. Lower 

 parts uniform umber or earthy brown, with a slight olivaceous tinge, 

 and paler in colour than the back. 



Procardvelis rubescens, sp. nov. (Plate LXXIV.) 



P. nipalensi affinis, sed minor, tarsis brevioribus et distinctius scu- 

 tellatis : maris colore omnino dilutiore, capite insuper et dorso 

 brunneis, illias plutnis coccineo marginatis, hujvs sanguineo lava- 

 tis, uropygio lectiore; rectricibus, remigibus et tectricibus alarum 

 brunneis rvfescenti-fidvo marginatis ; genis gulaque pallide coc- 

 cineis ; pectore abdomineque griseis, coccineo-tinctis : long, alee 

 3*2, caudce 2 - 25, tarsi 0'75, rostri afronte 0" 47 poll. Angl. 

 Foemina (vel mas juvenis 1) supra olivaceo-brunnea, infra pallide 

 umbrina ; uropygio et marginibus externis rectricum, remigum, 

 alarum tectricumque rubro tinctis : long, alee 3'2, caudce 2" 15, 

 tarsi 072, rostri afronte 0" 47 poll. 

 Hab. in Sikkim, in montibus Himalayanis. _^. 



Male. The feathers of the head above brown, broadly margined 

 with rosy scarlet, or a colour intermediate between scarlet and crim- 

 son ; sides of head a little paler, the red margins of the feathers 

 being narrower ; back brown, the feathers tinted and edged with 

 blood-red, more broadly so on the rump ; wing-coverts, quills, and 

 tail-feathers brown, margined with dull fulvous red ; throat rosy with 

 a scarlet tinge, passing gradually into the colour of the breast and 

 abdomen, which are grey with a red wash ; under tail-coverts pale 

 brown with darker central stripes. 



