954 Synopsis of Indian FringillidcB. QNo. 156. 



like the back ; bill dark horny, and feet dusky-black. Female devoid 

 of the red, having the forehead, cheeks, fore-neck, and breast, more or 

 less fulvescent, each feather marked with a blackish mesial streak, 

 widening at the tip ; belly and lower tail-coverts dingy. Himalaya. 



A second species of this division not improbably exists in the Fringilla 

 sanguined of Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 127, received from Erzeroum. 

 The form would seem allied to Montifringilla of Brehm, and holds the 

 same relationship to the Erythrospiza group, which Montifringilla does 

 to the restricted Fringilla, as exemplified by the British Chaffinch and 

 Bramble-finch. The next is an analogous long- winged modification of 

 the true Linnets. 



Fringillauda* Hodgson, As. Res. XIX, 158. This may be described 

 as a Linnet with very long wings and tail, and somewhat elongated beak. 

 The plumage is remarkable for the absence of any rosy colouring. 



Fr. (v. Montifringilla ?) nemoricola, Hodgson, loc. cit. Himalaya. 



Procarduelis, Hodgson, MS. If the Erythrospiza rodochroa ap- 

 proaches so closely to the true Linnets that it might even be classed 

 with them, did not the division Erythrospiza exist to claim it as an 

 aberrant member, so the present form might include the sub-division of 

 Redpole Linnets (Rubricapilla of Brehm,) were it not that this falls 

 better under true Linota, as exemplified by L. cannabina, which again 

 is directly connected with the Redpoles by the intervention of L. mon- 

 tium. The present form is indeed an Erythrospiza with a slender 

 Carduelis bill, and exhibiting a marked affinity for the Redpole Linnets ; 

 but it will not bear to be admitted into either of the established sub- 

 divisions. 



Pr. nipalensis ; Carduelis nipalensis, Hodgson, As. Res. XIX, 157 : 

 Linota saturata, Nobis, J. A. S. XI, 192. The Linota fusca, Nobis, 

 ibid. p. 193, so nearly approximates to the female of the present spe- 

 cies, to judge from my description of it, that I shall here provisionally 

 refer it to Pr. nipalensis, although my impression (from recollection) still 

 is that it constitutes a distinct species, referable to true Linota : this 

 question must remain in abeyance until the L. fusca can be verified 

 on additional specimens. 



Carduelis, Stephens. The Goldfinches. I have been assured that 



* Spelt Fringalanda in the original, evidently a mistake. 



