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CARPODACUS RUBICILLUS. 



(CAUCASIAN ROSE FINCH.) 



Loxia rubicilla, Giild. Nov. Com. Petr. xix. p. 464, pi. 22 (1775). 

 Coccotliraustes Caucasians, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 13 (1811). 

 Pyrrhula caucasica (Pall.), 'Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 40 (1840). 

 Strobilophaga caucasica (Pall.), Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 387 (1844). 

 Carpodacus rubicillus (Giild.), Bp. & Schl. Mon. Lox. p. 23, pi. 26 (1850). 

 Pro-passer rubicillus (Giild.), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 457 (1856). 



Figures notabiles. 

 Giild. I. c. ; Bp. & Schl. I c. 



d ad. pileo, capitis lateribus, gula, gutture et corpore subtus sanguineis argentaceo-albo guttatis . faciei 

 lateribus argentaceo lavatis, plumis ad basin rostri nigricantibus : collo postico, dorso, scapularibus et 

 tectricibus alarum fuscis saturate rosaceo tinctis, dorso indistincte nigro-fusco striato: uropygio et 

 supracaudalibus saturate rosacec-coccineis : alis fuscis rosaceo tinctis et pallidiore marginatis : cauda 

 saturate fusca, vix pallidiore marginata. : abdomine imo et subcaudalibus rosaceis, his fusco striatis : 

 hypochondriis fusco-griseo tinctis : rostro flavo-corneo : iride et pedibus saturate fuscis. 



5 ad. mari dissimilis : capite et corpore supra sordide fusco-cinereis, plumis centraliter fusco striatis, fronte 

 fiavo-cervino tincta : remigibus et tectricibus fuscis, cinereo-fusco marginatis : corpore subtus cervino- 

 cinereo, plumis centraliter saturatiore striatis : subcaudalibus cervino-albidis. 



Adult Male (Caucasus). Crown, sides of the head, throat, and underparts.to the lower abdomen rich scarlet- 

 red spotted with silvery white, the feathers on the ear-coverts tipped and glossed with silvery grey; 

 feathers all round the base of the bill blackish ; hind neck, back, scapulars, and wing-coverts dusty 

 brown tinged with deep rose-red, the back indistinctly striped with blackish brown ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts deep rose-red ; wings dark brown with light margins to the feathers and tinged with rose- 

 red ; tail dark hrown with imperceptibly lighter edges ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts rosy red, 

 the latter striped with dark brown ; flanks tinged with brownish grey ; bill light horn-yellowish ; iris 

 and legs dark brown. Total length about 8 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 4'6, tail 3'95, tarsus 0'92. 



Adult Female (Thibet). Upper parts dusty ashy or pale earthy brown, pale in general coloration, the fore- 

 head tinged with yellowish buff, all the feathers with dark central lines ; wings and tail dark brown, 

 the feathers with light-ashy-brown margins; underparts ashy buff with a faint yellowish tinge, the 

 feathers with dark central stripes ; under tail-coverts buffy white. 



Young (Pangong, fide A. O. Hume) . Entire head, neck, breast, back, and scapulars dull pale earthy brown, 

 more or less yellowish in places, the feathers very lax and showing everywhere a great deal of the 

 basal three fourths, which is of a pale blue-grey; abdomen similar but paler; lower tail-coverts 

 brownish white, the shafts brown; the wings are pale hair-brown, most of the quills and coverts 



