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XXXVI. PEOCARDUELIS, Hodgson. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 183, 1888. 

 Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 223, 1890. 

 Hartert, Vdg. Pal. Fauna, i. p. Ill, 1904.) 



1. nipalensis (Hodgs.). (p. 182.) 



(Gates, i. u. p. 223 ; Hartert, t. c. p. 112.) 



Himalaya Mts. 



(Kashmir to Bhutan). 

 W. China 



(Kansu. Moupin). 



2. rubescens, Blanf. (p. 184.) 



s, t. c. p. 224; Hartert, t. c. p. 112.) 



B. Himalayas 



(Nepal to Sikhim). 

 W. China 



(Kansu). 



XXXVII. CARDUELIS, Briss. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 185, 1888 ; 

 Gates, Faun. Brir. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 225, 1890 ; 

 Eidgway, Birds N. & M. Amer. i. p. '93, 1903.) 

 lAcantTiis, Bechst. ; cf, Sclater, Ibis, 1892, p. 555 ; 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. p. 65 (1904)*.] 



1. carduelis (Linn.), (p. 185.) 

 (Eidgway, t. u. p. 94 ; Hartert, t. 



Europe, from 

 . p. 67.) Central Sweden 



to Hediterranenn 

 Ooimtries. 



2. britannica, Hartert, t. u. p. i 



British Islands. 



* Dr. Hartert has united all the Goldfinches, Siskins, KedpoUs, and Linnets under 

 one genus, AcantMs. He may be right, for I remember that I experienced great 

 difficulty, in 1888, in finding characters for the definition of the genera I then 

 adopted. My impression is that when the osteology of the Finches is better 

 understood, we shall find good characters for many genera now obscure. 



