THE BLACK-AND-TELLOW 

 GROSBEAK 



The Indian grosbeaks are birds of limited 

 distribution ; they appear to be confined to the 

 forests on the higher ranges of the Himalayas. 

 Their most striking feature is the stout conical 

 bill, which is an exaggeration of that of the 

 typical finch, and is responsible for the bird's 

 name. In one genus of grosbeak — Mycerobas 

 — the bill is as deep as it is long, while in the 

 other genus — Pycnorhamfhus — it is nearly as 

 massive. Three species belonging to this latter 

 genus occur in India, namely, P. icteroides, 

 the black-and-yellow grosbeak, found in the 

 Western Himalayas ; P. affinis, the allied gros- 

 beak, found In Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, and 

 Western China ; and P carneifes, the white- 

 winged grosbeak, which occurs all along the 

 higher Himalayas. 



There is only one Indian species of the other 

 genus ; this is known as the spotted-winged gros- 

 beak {^Mycerobas melanoxanthus), the localities in 

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