414 BIRDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



with white ; the remaining tail feathers blackish, with the ter- 

 minal half of the inner web white ; underparts pale greyish 

 brown, with a rosy fawn-coloured tinge ; centre of abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts white; bill bluish; iris greyish: feet 

 flesh colour. Total length about 7 inches ; culmen, 0*85 ; wing, 

 3-9 ; tail, 2-5 ; tarsus, 0-9. 



Adult Female. — Is duller in colour than the male ; the black 

 on the throat is less extensive ; the white on the wing-coverts is 

 tinged with greyish brown, and the outer webs of all but the 

 innermost secondaries are ashy blue grey. 



Young Male. — Crown, nape, and sides of the head yellowish 

 brown ; upper parts dull yellowish chestnut brown, the grey 

 collar being absent ; wings and tail as in the adult, but the 

 white wing-coverts are intermixed with black ; lores blackish 

 brown ; throat yellow, gradually becoming pale yellowish 

 brown on the breast ; flanks dull buffy white ; rest of the under- 

 parts dull white ; lower breast and flanks distinctly spotted 

 and barred with dark brown ; bill dull flesh ; iris brownish 

 grey ; legs dirty brownish flesh. 



Young Female. — Resembles the young male, but may be dis- 

 tinguished by being duller and having the outer webs of the 

 Becondai'ies blue grey. 



Observations. — On comparing a series of specimens from vari- 

 ous localities, I find that those from Northern Europe are duller 

 in colour than others from the southern countries ; and our British 

 bird is perhaps the dullest of all, though now and then one 

 sees a specimen nearly as richly coloured as any from the south 

 of Europe. The Japanese Hawfinch has been considered by 

 Temminck and Schlegel to be fairly distinguished from our 

 European bird ; but they must have compared specimens from 

 Japan only with exceedingly dull North-European examples ; 

 for, on comparing those in the collection of Mr. Swinhoe, from 

 China and Japan, with specimens from Spain and Italy, I can 

 trace no difference either in tinge of colour or in any way 

 whatever. In the winter dress the Hawfinch differs in having 

 the beak dull flesh-coloured, and the colours of the plumage are 

 duller and browner, the head has lost the bright yellowish fawn 

 tinge and is browner, and the underparts have become greyer, 

 the rosy fawn tinge having disappeared. — Dresser, " Birds of 

 Europe." 



738 fos.— Erythrospiza sanguinea, Gould. 



Adult Male. — Forehead and centre of the crown to the 

 nape dull blackish, the feathers with slightly lighter margins ; 



