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vation or dissection shall have decided the question : at all events, it 

 is new, and hitherto undescribed. 



A species of the genus Carduelis, also from the collection at 

 Chatham, vras characterized by Mr. Gould as 



Carduelis BuRTONi. Card, fronte et regione circum-oculari pul- 

 chre roseis ; vertice genisque nigris ; corpore obscure fuscescenti- 

 roseo, alis extervik nigris, singulis plumis plus minusve albo ad 

 apicem notatis ; aid spurid albd ; rectricibus cauda nigris ; duabus, 

 intermediis ad apicem albis, duabus proximis longius ad apicem 

 albis, reliquis albd notd interne ad basin excurrente, ornatis ,- 

 rostro, pedibusque pallidefuscis. 



Long. tot. 61 unc. ; rostri, | ; al(E, 3J ; cauda, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Himalaya. 



Obs. I am indebted to the collection of Fort Pitt, at Chatham, for 

 the knowledge of this very fine species of Carduelis : the specimen 

 here characterized is, as far as I am aw^are, unique. It departs in 

 some respects from the other members of the genus, particularly in 

 the robust form of the beak, which is slightly angulated at the base : 

 the form of its wings and tail, together with their peculiar markings, 

 however, clearly points out that it is only an aberrant species of that 

 group. 



I have been induced to give this fine bird the specific appellation 

 of Burton, for the purpose of paying a just compliment to StaflF- Sur- 

 geon Burton, for the warm interest he took in the formation of the 

 Fort Pitt collection, and for the readiness he has at all times evinced 

 to aid in any way the advancement of zoological science. 



