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ALPINE SEKIN FINCH. 
The above description is thought by De Sclys-Long- 
champs to apply only to the young in the winter 
plumage. In the “Revue de Zoologie” for 1847, page 
120, this distinguished naturalist has given the following 
more extended diagnosis of the adult bird: — Top of 
the head, auditory region, and throat, of a dull black, 
with the forehead of a bright and lively red; nape, 
upper parts of the body, and upper tail coverts, grey; 
the centre of the feathers blackish, having the borders 
of a saffron yellow or grey white ; the parts below dirty 
white, with longitudinal blackish spots on the flanks 
and under tail coverts, the whole irregularly washed 
Avith saffron yellow ; wings blackish, the lesser coAmrts 
broadly bordered with saffron yelloAV ; primaries slightly 
bordered Avith this colour, and the secondaries with 
grey white; tail blackish, Avith the end lightly bordered 
with grey white; beak brown; feet black. 
Figured by Pallas, Zoog., 1811-31, vol. 2, p. 28. 
I have not a specimen or good drawing of this bird, 
Avhich I therefore am sorry to say cannot be figured. 
