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Three females. — Length, 6'3 to 6-4; expanse, 9'9 ; wing, 3*0 

 to 3-1 ; tail, 2-8 to 29; tarsus, 076 to 0-85 ; bill from gape, 

 0'6 ; bill at front, 045 ; closed wings short of tail, 1*45 to 1-7. 



Two young males, in female plumage^ Augxist and February. — 

 Length, 6-7; expanse, lO'S and 10-5; wing, 3-25 and 33 ; 

 tail, 2-85 and 2-95 ; tarsus, 0-8 and 0-85 ; bill from gape, 0-6 

 and 0-62 ; bill at front, 0-47 and 0*5 ; closed wings short of 

 tail, 1-65 and 1-8. 



Bill dusk J, blackish above and fleshy at base of lower man- 

 dible ; irides dark brown ; feet fleshy brown, the toes darker ; 

 claws blackish, pale at tips. 



The immature male resembles the adult female in plumage, 

 but is larger, has a stronger bill, and the wings are more brightly 

 coloured. One of the females noted above has a patch of 

 pure white on the hind head. 



This Bunting is a permanent resident in the Nepal Valley, 

 affecting the central level portion, and the cultivated parts of 

 the hills up to an elevation of about 6,000 feet. It is usually 

 found in pairs, about bushes and hedges, and is not common in 

 the valley. 



731.— Pyrrhula nipalensis, Hodgs. 



Male, Valley, February. — Length, 7*0 ; expanse, 10*8 ; wing^ 

 3*4; tail, 3'1; tarsus, 0*65; bill from gape, 0'53; bill at 

 front, 0*45 ; closed wings short of tail, 1*9. 



Bill greenish horny, black at tip ; irides dark brown ; feet 

 fleshy ; claws brown horny. 



This Bull-Finch is only found on the hills round the valley 

 of Nepal in winter, and is then by no means common. It was 

 only met with once ; on descending from the Sheopuri Hidge, 

 on the 16th February, a party of this species flew across the 

 path and settled for a minute or so in a bush tree. 



738.— Carpodacus erythrinus, Fall. 



Two females, Valley, I9t/i April. — Length, 5-8 ; expanse, 9*7 

 and 9-8 ; wing, 3-1 and 3-15; tail, 2-35 and 2-4 j tarsus, 0-75 ; 

 bill from gape, 05 and 0-53 ; bill at front, 0*45 ; closed wintrs 

 short of tail, ]*3 and 1"4. 



Bill grey horny, darker on culmen ; irides brown ; feet brown 

 fleshy. 



This Rose Finch merely passes through the valley on 

 its migrations, and does not, I think, remain there for rnore 

 than a few days at a time ; my specimens were shot on trees 

 not far from the Residency grounds. It is often caged by the 

 Nepalese. 



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