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ORNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. , ^ 



Tail even inclining to divaricate : tarsi smoother : toes shorter and more 

 depressed ; lateral fores equal ; the anteriors basally, though trivially con- 

 nected : nares more approximated, sunk, subvertical, opened centrally in 

 the transverse lunated fosse, hid. 



Colour of the Male : brilliant scarlet, with black remiges and rectrices 

 broadly edged with scarlet : large coverts of the wings, black with scarlet 

 edge and tip : tibial plumes black : under tail coverts dashed with dusky : 

 bill, yellow ; legs, tieshy brown : iris, hoarj^ brown. 



Female : head, neck, upper back, wings and tail, dusky, broadly mar- 

 gined all round, or in the remiges and rectrices, on the outer vane, with 

 dull greenish yellow : quills and tail blackish internally : rump bright 

 yellow : breast and body below, dirty white picked out largely with dusky, 

 sometines in the form of subterminal cross bars : bill, legs and iris, as in the 

 male, but duller. Size of the male, 1^ inches by 12^, and If oz. in weight. 

 Female, rather smaller. 



Species Ind. Subhimachalus, Subhimalayan Finch, nobis. 



Form differing somewhat from the last : the bill more pyrrhuline ; the 

 anterior toes slenderer with unequal laterals, and straighter and more acute 

 nails : wings with 3rd quill usually longest. 



Colour of the Male: brilliant roseate red, largely picked out, with 

 blackish on the top of the head, dorsal neck, and upper back : quills and 

 tail feathers blackish, with broad roseate edges on the outer vanes. Breast 

 and body below, plumbeous grey : bill and legs, brown flesh-colour, with a 

 rosy tinge : iris, brown. Female : forehead and a large gorget on the top 

 of the breast, bright yellow : rest of the head, the whole neck, and body 

 below, plumbeous : the vent and under tail coverts, paler and albescent : 

 body above, dull greenish yellow, picked out on the upper back with 

 dusky : wings and tail dusky black, with greenish yellow edges to the outer 

 webs : bill, legs biid iris, as in the male, but duller. Size of the male, 

 81 inches by 12^; wt. if oz : of female, something less. Habitat; the 

 northern region : in winter, found in the central. 



