34 SECOND TARKAND MISSION. 



Gombaz; again it was seen in great quantities and very tame about our camp on the 

 Yarkand river south of the Yangi Diwan Pass ; and generally we always saw it in the hills 

 at elevations above 12,000 feet or so." 



Dr. Stoliczka notes in his ' Diary ' that this Knch was " very common " at Kashmir jilo>a 

 •on the 11th of June, 1874. "^ 



Dr. Henderson says that '' this species was first met with after crossing the Chano'-la 

 above Leh. Erom thence it was seen at almost every camping-ground, until the Expedition 

 descended to the Karakash river. It was never met with below 14,000 feet, and often as 

 high as 17,000 ; at these great heights it was almost the only resident bird met with." Dr. 

 Lansdell found the species south of the Muzart on the 12th of August. 



Genus RHODOPECHYS. 



66. Ehodopechys sanguinea. (Plate V.) 



Fringilla sanguinea, Gould^ P. Z. S. 1837^ p. 127. 



Erythrospiza sanguinea (Gould); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 252 (1876). 



Rhodopechys sanguinea (Gould) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 280 (1888). 



Nos. 1461-M65, 1515, ad. Panjah, April 14 1874. 



No. 1468, 6 ad. Panjah, April 15, 1874.— Iris dark brown ; bill yellow, dusky towards the 

 tip of upper mandible; feet blackish, claws also; tarsi paler, brownish; soles of 

 feet dark. Length 7 inches, wing 4*2, tail 2-4, tarsus 0*8; expanse 12-8; bill from 

 forehead 0*5, from gape 0*6 ; middle toe 0*8, hind toe 0*6 ; wings reach within 0*8 

 of end of tail. 



No. 1467, 6 ad. Panjah, April 15, 1874.— Iris dark brown; bill dusky yellow, blackish at 

 tip ; feet blackish brown ; tarsi lighter brown ; claws brown ; balls on soles of feet livid 

 yellowish. Length 6*7 inches, wing 4, tarsus 0*77; expanse 12; bill from forehead 

 0-46, from gape 0*58 ; middle toe 0*72, hind toe 0-52. 



No. 1469, ad. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Iris brown; bill dull yellow; feet dark brown; 

 tarsi brown; soles yellowish. Length 6*7 inches, wing 4, tail 2*25, tarsus 0-8; ex- 

 panse 12 ; bill from forehead 0*5, from gape 0*58 ; wings reach within 0*87 of end 

 of tail ; middle toe 0-8, hind toe 0*6. 



No. 1475, 6 ad. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Bill dull yellow, dusky at tip of upper mandible ; 

 feet dark brown; tarsi paler; soles dusky, a little yellowish. Length 7 inches, wing 

 4-03, tail 2-4, tarsus 0*8 ; expanse 12*25 ; bill from forehead 0-52, from gape 0*6 ; wings 

 reach within 0*95 of end of tail. 



Nos. 1551, 1553. Panjah, April 25, 1874. 



The adult females differ from the males in having the black crown less distinct and 

 obscured with sandy-brown edges to the feathers. They have much less rose-colour on the 

 rump and on the wings, with a distinct patch of white at the base of the outer secondaries. 

 The sandy -brown colour of the throat and sides of the body is paler than in the male and 

 without any black streaks. 



The immature males (which probably breed before they have got their full plumage) 

 have the throat and sides of the body as in the adult male, dark sandy brown with black shaft- 

 lines. The head is a little blacker than in the old female, and there is very little of the white 

 patch at the base of the secondaries, in this respect resembling the old male. 



Dr. Stoliczka writes in his 'Diary ' :—- Panjah, April 15. I got several specimens of 



