66 W. T. Blanford— Zoology of Sihkvm. [No. 1, 



747 Pytrrhospiza pttnicea, Hodgs. — A single male of this large finch 

 was shot by me at about 14,000 feet elevation on the Chola range, on a 

 grassy hill side, with scattered bushes, and in the neighbourhood of rocky 

 crags. 



746 Procardttelis NrpALEisrais, Hodgs. — I saw this bird once or twice 

 on the Chola range at about 13,000 to 14,000 feet elevation, and a specimen 

 was, I think, shot by Captain Elwes. It was seen on open grassy ground 

 with scattered rocks and scrub rhododendron. 



750 Chrtsomitris spinoedes, (Vigors). — Common in small flocks up 

 to about 9,000 feet locally in the Lachung valley, keeping to clearings or 

 grassy hill sides. I did not notice the Siskin either on the Chola range or 

 at high elevations in Northern Sikkim. It probably breeds at moderate 

 altitudes. I found flocks early in September as low as 7,000 feet, at Kedam, 

 between Chungtam and Lachung. 



753 Fretoillattda nemoricola, Hodgs. — Elwes obtained one speci- 

 men which, I believe, belonged to this species, at the Tankra pass. I did not 

 meet with the bird myself, nor have I compared Elwes's specimen since 

 returning, but this bird has been frequently obtained in Sikkim before. 

 (Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 45). 



Leucosticte HJ3MATOPYG-IA, Gould. — I only met with this bird within 

 a mile or two of Kangra Lama pass, at an elevation exceeding 15,000 feet. 

 There it was abundant hi flocks of 15 or 20. It has a rather swift flight, 

 and from the nature of the country it inhabits, in autumn at all events, 

 must always settle on the ground or on rocks. 



In none of my specimens are the pink edges to the feathers of the rump 

 much developed, and in some, doubtless young birds, they are entirely want- 

 ing ; the distinction is not sexual, for I have more than one female in which 

 they are fairly developed. The head too is much paler in colour than in 

 G-ould's figure in the Birds of Asia ; some specimens have the head feathers 

 dark at the base with broad brown margins, which would doubtless wear off 

 in the spring as in JEuspiza melanocepJiala. The iris is brown ; bill black, 

 except at the base of the lower mandible, where it is greenish ; legs black. 

 Dimensions taken on fresh specimens. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill from forehead. 



Male,... 7 46 31 0-85 0'45 inch. 



Female, 7 4'3 3-1 0'85 042 „ 



MoiSTTiPRrsTGii/LA RTJPicoLLis, sp. nov. Mas cctpite dorsoqxie pallidescente 

 hrunneis, hoc late fuscescente striato ; fronte albescente, uropygio rufescente ; 

 superciliis, genis, mento et gula media albis ; loris, linea infraoculari, (postice 

 supra regionem auricularem producta et brwmescente,) et striis duobus 

 gtdaribits, una wtrinqiie ab mandibuli producta, postice divergentibus, nigris ; 

 regione auriculari et colli later ibus ferrugineis, spatio parvo albo subtus ad 



