THE BIEDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 



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Measurements : — 











P. longirostris. 



P. punicea 



Length . . . , 



6- 

 in. in. 



8-5 to 9 



in. in. 



? 



in. 



7-84 



Width . . . 



. 12-5 to 14-3 



? 



? 



Wing . ... 



4-49 to 4-88 



4-5 to 4-7 



4-23 



Tail .... 



. 3-52 to 3-7 



3-47 to 3-5 



2-82 



Culmen . . . 



07 to 0-78 



0-67 



0-62 



Gape . . . . 



0-77 to 0-83 



077 



p 



Tarsus . . 



0-9 to 0-97 



0-96 



0-92 



Middle toe . . 



0-78 



0-72 



0-7 



Hind toe . . 



0-4 



0-4 



04 



Quills : 2 = 3 longest ; 4 > 1 ; in some specimens (also in summer 

 plumage) 2 = 4. Culmen dark horn-colour; lower mandible yellow; iris 

 dark brown ; tarsus dark horn-colour. 



il/a/^.— Forehead, wide eyebrows, cheeks, and throat blood-red, with 

 indistinct silvery spots ; breast and rump crimson. Ear-coverts, crown, 

 nape, back and sides of neck, back, and shoulders earthy-brown colour ; the 

 darker centres of the feathers form indistinct spots. Stomach dirty yellow. 

 Flanks yellowish grey, with indistinct dark hues. Quills and tail dark 

 brown, with hardly perceivable red edges on the outer webs ; the 

 secondaries have white tips. The upper wing-coverts do not differ from the 

 quills in their coloration ; the larger ones have pale edges, and the smaller 

 ones have red ones. The frontal part of the upper tail- coverts is brown ; 

 the under tail-coverts are rose-coloured. 



Female.— \]^^^v parts of the body, wings, and tail like the male. 

 Forehead and underparts of the body yellowish dirty white, with many 

 dark spots, which latter get longer on the breast and disappear on the 

 stomach. Rump yellowish. 



VOL. II. 



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