390 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



pure ashy grey, paler on the chin and throat, and edged with 

 black where it joins the pure white of the rump ; wings and 

 tail glossy black, the greater coverts pale silvery ashy, forming a 

 conspicuous pale wing-bar ; beneath, from the breast, lively 

 red, passing to white on the vent and under tail-coverts. 



Bill black ; feet fleshy — Length about 6 inches ; wing 3| ; tail 3. 



This handsome Bull-finch was found by Lieutenant Beavan on 

 Mount Tonglo in Sikim. The female has not yet been 

 observed. 



731. Pyrrhula Nipalensis, Hodgson. 



As. Res. XIX. 155— Blyth, Cat. 664— Horsf., Cat. 684— 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. V. pi. 13. 



The Brown Bull-finch. 



Descr. — Above pale ashy brown, smeared with slaty cinereous ; 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail, glossy black, the former 

 with a white band ; the outer web of the last tertiary crimson ; 

 and a pale, broad wing-band formed by the greater-coverts ; top 

 of the head slightly marked with dusky brown ; and a narrow 

 band of the same round the base of the bill ; a small white spot 

 under the eye ; lower plumage as above, but paler, and passing 

 to white on the lower abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts. 



Bill greenish horny, with a black tip ; legs fleshy brown ; 

 irides brown. Length 6^ inches ; extent 10| ; wing 3f ; tail 3^ ; 

 the middle feather § inch shorter. 



The female resembles the male, except in being a trifle smaller, 

 and the small tertiary is dull saffron-yellow instead of red. 



This plain-colored Bull-finch differs from the typical species 

 by its firmer plumage, longer and more forked tail, the feathers of 

 which are slightly truncated. It has been procured only in the 

 South-east Himalayas, in Nepal, and Sikim, where it is not very 

 rare in winter, in summer seeking the higher elevations. 



732. Pyrrhula aurantiaca, Gould. 



P. Z. S. 1857 — Adams, Birds of Cashmere— Gould, Birds 

 of Asia, pt. X. pi. 2. 



