THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BULLFINCH. 295 



simplex Sw. Wing measures 55-58 mm. long; bill from gape 14. 5-16 mm.; 

 tail 40-43 mm.; tarsus 1 7.5-1 S mm. 



Family FRINGILLIDiE. 



117. ? Carport actis forniosanus Grant. 

 Takasago-mashiko. 



Grant, Bull. B. O. C, XXVII, p. 51 ; Grant, Ibis, 191 2, p. 644; Uchida, 

 Nihon Chörui Zusetsu, III, 1915, p. 92 ; Carpodacus iiiccrtus (nee Risso) 

 Grant, Bull. B. O. C, XVI, p. 122 ; Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 164 ; 

 Rothschild, Bull. B. O. C., XXI, p. 9; Grant, Ibis, 190S, p. 601 ; Uchida, 

 Annot. Zool. Jap., 1912, p. 203. 



A female specimen obtained by Mr. Kikuchi on Mt. Arisan, May 18. 

 It is now in my collection. I attach some doubt if my identification of the 

 specimen is correct, as the wing is very considerably shorter than is known 

 from C. formosanus Grant, which should have wing length of 3.2 in. ( = 81 

 mm.). Possibly it may be C. vinaccus Verr., which is known from western 

 China. But the fact that the lower surface of body is yellowish brown, and 

 not ashy as in the species just mentioned, makes me inclined to take the 

 specimen for a young female of C. formosa?ms. The measurements are : 

 culmen 12 mm., wing 73 mm., tail 5S.5 mm., tarsus 21 mm. 



118. Pffrrhttla uchidai, sp. nov. 

 Uchida-uso. 



^ ad. (type of species). Similar to P. nipalcnsis Hodgs., but easily 

 distinguishable from it by the presence of white area in many tail-feathers. 



General colour of upper parts ashy-brown, with a band of dusky black 

 across the lower back, followed by a broad white band on the rump ; fore- 

 head, lores, base of cheeks, and chin dark brown ; crown and nape ashy 

 brown, the feathers with dusky centre and giving a scaly appearance ; a 

 white patch beneath and behind the eye ; lower parts plain ashy brown, 

 except the middle of abdomen and the under tail-coverts which are white; 



