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EKYTHROSPIZA SANGUINEA. 



(CRIMSON- WINGED FINCH.) 



Fringilla sanguinea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 127. 

 Carpodacus rhodopterus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 48 (1854). 

 Erythrospiza phcenicoptera, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 535 (1850). 

 Fringilla rhodoptera, Licht. Mus. Lugd. fide Bp. ut supra (1850). 

 Montifringilla sanguinea, Gould (ubi 1 ?), fide Bp. ut supra (1850). 

 Rhodopechys phcenicoptera, Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 4 (1856). 

 Fringilla coccothraustes phcenicoptera, Bree, B. of Eur. iii. p. 95 (1867). 

 Carpodacus phoenicopter us (Bp.), Tristram, Ibis, 1868, p. 208. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Schlegel & Bonap. Monogr. des Lox. pis. 30, 31 ; Bree, B. of Eur. iii. pi. to p. 95. 



6 ad. fronte et pileo centrali nigro-fuscis, plumis indistincte pallidiore marginatis : corpore supra cum tectri- 

 cibus alarum minoribus umbrinis, plumis vix pallidiore marginatis : remigibus et tectricibus alarum 

 majoribus saturate fuscis, extus fere ad apicem eonspicue sanguineo-rosaceo marginatis, secundariis 

 intimis albo apicatis : supracaudalibus rosaceis : rectrice extima utrinque alba, rhachi fusca\, reliquis 

 saturate fuscis vix albo apicatis : loris et plumis ad basin rostri lateralibus sanguineo-rosaceis : gula, 

 capitis lateribus et collo postico cum pilei lateribus arenaceo-ochraceis, regione parotica fusco notata : 

 gutture et hypochondriis dorso concoloribus sed valde pallidioribus, plumis centraliter saturatioribus : 

 pectore centraliter, abdomine et subcaudalibus albis vix rosaceo lavatis : rostro fusco-flavo : pedibus 

 fulvis : iride saturate fusca. 



5 ad. mari similis sed sordidior et pallidior : pileo fusco, plumis brunnescente ochraceo marginatis. 



Adult Male (Chodjent, April). Forehead and centre of the crown to the nape dull blackish, the feathers 

 with slightly lighter margins, sides of the crown, throat, and hind neck sandy buff; back, scapulars, 

 and lesser wing-coverts umber- earth-brown, the feathers with lighter edges ; quills and larger wing- 

 coverts dark brown externally, except at the tip, broadly margined with rich rose-red tinged with 

 carmine ; inner secondaries tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts rose-pink ; outer rectrices white with 

 brown shafts, remaining tail-feathers dark brown slightly tipped and marked with white; lores and 

 feathers on the side of the head at the base of the bill carmine-red, auriculars coloured like the sides of 

 the neck, but marked with dark brown; throat and flanks like the back, but paler, the feathers with 

 dark centres ; centre of the breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts white slightly 

 tinged with rose-colour ; bill brownish yellow ; legs light brown ; iris dark brown. Total length about 

 5*75 inches, culmen - 52, wing 415, tail 2 - 5, tarsus - 78. 



Adult Female (Chodjent, April). Differs from the male in being duller in colour, the red portions of the 

 plumage much paler, the feathers on the crown having much broader sandy buff margins, and the 

 white on the underparts covering a rather larger area. Culmen 05, wing 3"8, tail 235, tarsus 075. > 



