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2 cinerascenti-brunnea, dorso postico minime olivascenti lavato : plumarum omnium parte basali plus minusve 

 conspicua maculas brurmeas formante : loris et striga malari indistincta albicantibus : facie laterali 

 reliqua brunnea, regione auriculari albicante obscure striolata : tectricibus alarum brunneis, medianis 

 et majoribus albo terminatis, fascias duas alares conspicuas formautibus : remigibus brunneis extus 

 albicante marginatis : cauda brunnea, obscure olivaceo marginata : subtus albicans, pectore summo et 

 corpore laterali olivaceo tinetis : gulaj lateribus punctulis brunneis notatis, vix fasciam mystacalem 

 formantibus : gula media, brunneo sparsim notata, : pectoris summi et bypochondriorum plumis parte 

 mediana brunnea strias longitudinales plus minusve distinctas formante : abdomine medio crissoque 

 pure albis : subalaribus albis, fulvescente tinetis. 



Male in spring plumage. Above ashy brown, witb a rosy tinge to all tbe feathers of the back ; the head and 

 rump much brighter- coloured and inclining to carmine ; lores brown ; sides of the face rosy, tinged 

 with carmine ; wing-coverts brown, washed with rosy, the median and greater coverts tipped with pale 

 rose-colour, forming a double alar bar ; quills and tail brown, all the feathers narrowly edged with 

 rosy ; under surface of the body clear rose-colour, with feathers of bright carmine becoming apparent 

 on the throat and gorget ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts white, with the faintest tinge of rose- 

 colour; under wing-coverts brownish white, slightly tinged with rosy, especially along the edge of the 

 wing; bill yellowish brown; feet horny brown; iris brown. Total length 5 - 8 inches, culmen 05, 

 wing 3"3, tail 2'5, tarsus 075. 



Male in summer plumage. Brighter than in spring, all the feathers of the head and rump exceedingly rich 

 carmine, this colour being also suffused all over the breast ; the feathers of the back and the margins of 

 the quills and tail deep carmine. 



Female. Ashy brown, with a very sbght tinge of olive on the upper surface, the centres of the feathers a 

 very little darker on the back, producing a slightly mottled appearance ; on the head the centres of the 

 feathers very distinctly marked, giving the appearance of being scaled ; wing-coverts brown like the 

 back, the median and greater coverts tipped with yellowish white, forming two distinct alar bars ; quills 

 and tail dark brown, externally edged with dull olive, the secondaries with whitish ; sides of the head 

 brown, the lores and malar stripe buffy white ; under surface of the body whitish, becoming pure white 

 in the centre of the abdomen ; the throat, upper part of the breast, flanks, and under wing- and tail- 

 coverts tinged with brown, the centres of the feathers darker, producing on the flanks a slightly mottled 

 appearance, but on the throat and chest the semblance of longitudinal streaks. Total length 5 - 8 inches, 

 culmen 0"45, wing 3'4, tail 2'5, tarsus 075. 



Young. The immature birds resemble the adult female, being brown in colour, but are washed with yellowish 

 olive above, and the head is very distinctly mottled; the edges to the wing-coverts and innermost 

 secondaries are very broad, white in colour, with a distinct tinge of olive ; sides of the face pale brown ; 

 under surface of the body whitish, with very broad and distinct brown streaks all over the throat 

 and breast. 



The present bird is by no means rare in Russia, where it breeds; and during the autumn 

 migrations it wanders into the more western countries of Europe, but has rarely been known to 

 breed out of Russia and Poland. In the east it is widely distributed, being found in Siberia, as 

 well as China, and, in the winter season, also occurs plentifully in India. 



Under its true name of Carpodacus erythrinus it has been twice recorded in Great Britain, 

 though it is quite possible that more examples have really occurred. Mr. F. Bond writes to 



