192 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 
All of these skins are much nearer rutilans than cinnamomeus, some being 
quite like Japanese specimens; others however show indications of being inter- 
mediates, and the two forms without much doubt intergrade in west central 
China. 
Judged solely by Mr. Zappey’s experience, rutilans is a bird of lower alti- 
tudes than cinnamomeus; it is also more eastern, and cinnamomeus does not 
appear in its extreme form till the high mountains of western China are reached. 
CARPODACUS ERYTHRINUS ROSEATUS (Hodgson). 
Fourteen specimens, both sexes, Hsienshan, Hupeh, and Washan, Ho- 
chianghsien, Shuowlow, and Tachienlu, Szechwan, ranging in altitude up to 
13,000 feet, all seasons. 
Carpopacus’ pusrius Prievalsky. 
Fourteen specimens, young and adult of both sexes, Yachiakun, Tongolow, 
Ramala Pass, Shuowlow, and Wulungshih, western Szechwan, at altitudes 
between 12,000 and 15,000 feet. Summer, and autumn. 
CARPODACUS PULCHERRIMUS (Moore). 
Nineteen specimens, adults of both sexes, Yachiakun, Tachienlu, Ramala 
Pass, Lanerhyingpa, Nachuka, and Cheto, western Szechwan, at altitudes of 
from 10,000 to 15,000 feet, summer. 
CARPODACUS EDWARDsI Verreaux. 
Four adult females, Washan, and Tachiao, western Szechwan, at altitudes 
ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 feet; summer, and autumn. 
CARPODACUS RHODOPEPLUS VERREAUXIL David. 
Three specimens, an adult female from Yachiakun, 14,000 feet, and an adult 
male and female, shot together at Lianghokow, western Szechwan, 12,000 feet, 
August 8, 1908. 
The two females agree with the description of the type and also with those 
of later authors, all of which were based on the type. 
The adult @ is in rather well-worn midsummer dress. It is decidedly 
smaller than males of Carpodacus rhodopeplus rhodopeplus (Vigors), but so far 
as color is concerned it differs very little from that form. It appears to be 
1 We see no advantage in recognizing such a poorly defined genus as Propasser. 
