486 NOVELTIES. 
The Mountain Finches, Montifringilla, Brehm (1828), and 
Leucosticte of Swainson (1831) form a compact and well- 
marked sub-group amongst the true Finches. 
At present, so far as I have been able to ascertain, seven valid 
species of Leucosticte, and five of Montifringilla, have been 
described, and I have now to add two new species to this second 
sub-group. Both these species were collected by Mr. Man- 
delli’s people in or on the borders of Thibet to the north of 
Native Sikhim, and, being suspected to be new by that gentle- 
man, were sent to me by him for examination and de- 
scription. 
In examining these birds I have had the advantage of 
Mr. W. T. Blanford’s advice and assistance, who has already 
added one species to this group and who has paid special atten- 
tion to it. 
The species of these two genera which are known to me are as 
follows :— 
(i) —Leucosticte tephrocotis, Swainson, F. B. A., II., 1831, 
p- 265, pl. 50. 
(ii) —Leucosticte griseinucha, Brandt., Bull. Imp. Acad., 
St. Peters, 1844, p. 36.* 
(iii) —Leucosticte brunneinucha, Brandt., Bull. Imp. Acad., 
St. Peters, 1841, p. 35. 
(iv) —Leucosticte hematopygia, Gould, P. Z. 8., 1851, 
eal hiay 
(v)—Leucosticte Giglioli, P. Z. S., 1868, p. 579. 
(vi)—Leucosticte arctoa, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. As. II., 1831, 
ayeihs 
; (vii)—Leucosticte Brandti, Bonaparte. Consp., I., 1850., p. 
537. 
(i)—Montifringilla nivalis, Lin., I., 1766., p. 321. 
(ii) —Montifringilla Adamsi, Moore., P. L. 8. T. 1858., p..482. 
(iii) ——Montifringilia Gebleri, Brandt., Bull. Imp., Acad., St. 
Peters 1843, p. 251. 
(iv)——Montifringilla alpicola, Pallas., II., 1831., p. 20. 
(v)—ontifringilla rujicollis, Blanford, J. A. S. B., 1872, 
. 66. 
: (vi)——ontifringilla Blanfordi., Sp. Nov. 
(vii) -—Montifringilla Mandelli, Sp. Nov. 
* Dr. Elliot Coues, in his Birds of the North-West (of America), treats this spe- 
cies as only a variety of tephrocotis. 
+ Besides these Baird has described two species, L. campestris, Coopere B. Cal. 
I, 1870-1863, and littoralis, Tr. Chic. Acad. I., 1869, p. 318, the former of which is 
considered by Coues, B. of N. W., p. 113, as being referable to tephrocotis proper, and 
the latter as agreeing sufficiently with the variety, as he eonsiders it, griseinucha. 
