1868.] A T . W. Himalaya. G3 



be found in the Himalayas, but as far as at present known, only occur- 

 ring in Ladak, I shall give the description of it at some future occasion, 

 as I am at present in possession of a single specimen. 



230. Fringillauda nemoricola, II n dg s. (II. 414), is likewise 

 only a winter visitant to the lesser ranges ; I observed it often during 

 the summer in the south-western parts of Tibet and to the north of 

 Kashmir. 



231. Frixgillauda sordida, n. sp. Another species apparently be- 

 longing to the genus Fringillauda has been procured by me near the 

 Baralatse-pass in north Lahul and near Padam in 1868 ; last winter 

 I got several specimens of the same species from Kotegurh. The 

 following description is taken from these specimens. 



fMale in winter ; forehead dusky brown, all the feathers mar- 

 gined pale; top of head and ear-coverts uniform rufous blown, 

 nape and neck ashy brown, back dark brown, the feathers margined 

 pale rufous; rump pure ashy ; upper tail-coverts blackish, tipped and 

 margined white ; wings and tail dusky, the secondaries being narrowly, 

 the tertiaries more broadly edged pale brown and tipped whitish ; wing 

 coverts brownish, dusky in the centre, tipped whitish and forming 

 two conspicuous bands ; all the tail feathers are margined pale; below 

 uniform dull ashy, albescent on the vent; lower tail coverts dusky, 

 broadly margined and tipped with pure white. The female has the 

 entire top of the head light brown, the feathers being dusky centrally 

 the ear coverts are pale ; otherwise it is coloured like the male. 



The specimens which I procured in summer, are more uniform 

 dusky brown above, having all the pale edgings of the feathers much 

 less distinct and the whitish bands on the wing coverts scarcely 

 conspicuous. 



Length of wing 3| inches ; tail 2| inches ; bill dusky brown above, 

 pale on the base and below ; legs greyish brown, irides fleshy brown. 



The form of the bill is scarcely different from that of a typical 

 Montifringilla, but the hind claw is remarkably longer and like all 

 the other claws very slender, and more similar to those of Fringillauda 

 than to those of the former genus. 



I have not succeeded in identifying this species nor have I seen 

 specimens of it in any of the European Museums, though it is compara- 

 tively a common bird. . 



