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classed as a true Fringilla, and as a Carduelis. Its colors approxi- 

 mate it to trie Kose-flnches as well as to the Gold-finches ; and 

 Blyth indeed notes that " it is a true Fringilla, allied to the Gold- 

 finches, with affinities for the Ked-fi.nch.es." 



Gen. Callacanthis, Reichen. 



Bill Finch-like, i. e. as in Fringilla, but somewhat more robust 

 and broader, much shorter and stouter than in Carduelis ; otherwise 

 as in Fringilla, but with a peculiar coloration. 



Bonaparte who adopts this genus, says " scarcely a Fringilla, 

 by no means a Carduelis." 



748. Callacanthis Burtoni, Gould. 



Carduelis, apud Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, 90— Gould, Birds of 

 Asia, pt. I., pi. 15— Fringilla erythrophrys, Blyth, J. A. S. XV, 

 38— Blyth, Cat. p. 337. (App., No. 6). 



The Ked-browed Finch. 



Descr. — The male has the crown, ear-coverts, wings, and tail, 

 brownish black ; the forehead, abroad supercilium, chin, and throat, 

 crimson ; the upper plumage ruddy brown, deepest on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; wings marked with white, chiefly on the 

 primary and greater coverts, and on the secondary quills ; the 

 outer tail-feathers mostly white towards the tip ; all the others 

 except the middle pair, white tipped. In summer the whole under 

 parts appear to become more or less crimson. 



Bill yellow ; legs light brown. Length 7 inches ; wing 3| ; 

 tail 2|. 



The female is plain brown above, darker on the crown, with a 

 bright saffron eye streak, and the forehead ochreous ; the back is 

 yellowish brown, and there is less white on the wings than in the 

 male ; beneath pale brown, tinged with fulvous. 



This remarkable Finch has only hitherto been found in the 

 North-west Himalayas, chiefly in the mountains beyond Simla. 



Gen. Carduelis. 



Char. — Bill lengthened, conic, compressed ; the tip attenuated 

 and acute ; the gonys straight, ascending ; the commissure slightly 

 sinuated ; wing lengthened, pointed ; the first three quills nearly 



