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988. (749) Pyrrhoplectes epauletta. The Gold-headed Black- 



Finch. 

 Pyrrhula epauletta Hodg., As: Res. xix., p. 156 (1836), 

 (Nepal). 



989. (750) Loxia curvirostra himalayana. The Himalayan 



Crossbill. 

 L, himalayar_i Bli/th, J.A.S.B. xiii., p. 952 (1844), {Nepal). 



990. (751) Hsematospiza indica. The Scarlet Finch. 



Loxia indica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i., p. 847 (1789), [India), 

 {Khasia Hills). 



99 >. (752) Propyrrhula subhimalchus. The Red-headed Rose- 

 Finch. 

 Corythus subhimalchus Hodg., As. Res. zix., p. 152 (1836), 

 [Nepal). 



992. (753) Pyrrhospiza punicea punicea. The Red-breasted 



Rose-Finch. 

 P. punicea Hodg., J.A.S.B. xiii., p. 953 (1844), [Nepal). 

 Nepal, Sikkim and Chambi Valley, Tibet. 



993. (753) Pyrrhospiza punicea humii. The Western Red- 



breasted Rose-Finch. 

 P. humii Sharpe, Cat. B. N. xil., p. 433 (1888), [N.-W. 

 Himalaya). 



Chitral, Gilgit to Garhwal. 



994. (754) *Propasser thurus thurus. The White-browed Rose- 



Finch. 

 Carpodacus thura Bon. cD Schle., Mon. Loxiens., p. 21 (1850), 

 [Himalaya), [Sikkim). 



Garhwal, Nepal and Sikkim to Chambi Valley. 



995. (754) Propasser thurus blythi. The Kashmir White- 



browed Rose-Finch. 

 P. blythi Biddulph, Ibis, 1882, ;;. 283 [Gilgit). 

 Gilgit and N. Kashmir. 



996. (754) Propasser thurus dubius. The Kansu White-browed 



Rose-Finch. 



Cai-podacus dubius Przeiv., Mong. Stran Tangut ii., p 92 

 (1876), [Alaschan). 



Alaschan and KansU; Setschuan and E. Tibet. 



997. (754) Propasser thurus minimus. The Yunnan White- 



browed Rose-Finch. 

 P. minima Rip., Bull. B.O.C. xix., p. 32 (1906), (IF. Yunnan). 

 Yunnan. 



* Hartert unites Carpodacus and Propasser, I think rightly as the diHerences 

 hardly seem of generic value 



