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Gombaz; again it was seen in great quantities and very tame about our camp 011 
Yarkand river south of the Yangi Diwan Pass ; and generally we always saw it m ^ lC 
at elevations above 12,000 feet or so.” . ..j^ 
Dr. Stoliczka notes in his £ Diary ’ that this Pinch was “ very common ” at Kashmir J » 
on the 11th of June, 1874. ff jjj 
Dr. Henderson says that “this species was first met with after crossing the 0 1,; .^ o0 
above Leh. Prom thence it was seen at almost every camping-ground, until the E X P® aS 
descended to the Karakash river. It was never met with below 14,000 feet, and 
high as 17,000 ; at these great heights it was almost the only resident bird met with- 
Lansdell found the species south of the Muzart on the 12th of August. 
Genus RHODOPECHYS. 
66. Rhodopechys sanguinea. (Plate V.) 
Fringilla sanguined, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 127. 
Erythrospiza sanguined (Gould); Blauf. East. Persia, ii. p. 252 (1876). 
Rhodopechys sanguined (Gould) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 280 (1888). 
Nos. 1461-1465, 1515, ad. Panjah, April 14, 1874. fistP e 
No. 1468, <3 ad. Panjah, April 15, 1874. — Iris dark brown ; hill yellow, dusky tcm a ^ g 0 f 
tip of upper mandible; feet blackish, claws also; tarsi paler, brownish; * ^, oI u 
feet dark. Length 7 inches, wing 4'2, tail 2'4, tarsus 0'8 ; expanse 12’8 ; 1 p-g 
reach withi 0 
forehead 05, from gape 0 6 ; middle toe 08, hind toe 06 ; wings 
of end of tail. , at 
No. 1467, 6 ad. Panjah, April 15, 1874. — Iris dark brown ; bill dusky yellow, hl aC .jjpd 
tip ; feet blackish brown ; tarsi lighter brown ; claws brown ; balls on soles of & e 9 <j. 
yellowish. Length 6‘7 inches, wing 4, tarsus 0‘ 77 ; expanse 12; bill fro nn i0 
045, from gape 058; middle toe 072, hind toe 052. i0A yn; 
No. 1469, ad. Panjah, April 16, 1874. — Iris brown; bill dull yellow; feet dark * e #- 
tarsi brown; soles yellowish. Length 6 '7 inches, wing 4, tail 2'25, tarsus 0 J, e] jd 
pansel2; bill from forehead 0 A, from gape 0 - 58 ; wings reach within 0'87 
of tail; middle toe 08, hind toe 06. c li^ e ’ 
No. 1475, 6 ad. Panjah, April 16, 1874. — Bill dull yellow, dusky at tip of upper 
feet dark brown ; tarsi paler ; soles dusky, a little yellowish. Length 7 
403, tail 2'4, tarsus 0 - 8 ; expanse 12 - 25 ; bill from forehead 0‘52, from gap e ® 
reach within 0 95 of end of tail. 
Nos. 1551, 1553. Panjah, April 25, 1874. 
The adult females differ from the males in having the black crown less 
an 1 
d 
distinct 
lnur on 
obscured with sandy-brown edsms to the feathers. They haye much less rose-corn , ..jeS- 
second d 
rump and on the wings, with a distinct patch of white at the base of the outer a,# 1 
The sandy -brown colour of the throat and sides of the body is paler than in the & 
without any black streaks. 
The immature males (which probably breed before they have got their full P gj^fk 
have the throat and sides of the body as in the adult male, dark sandy brown with o j 
lines. The head is a little blacker than in the old female, and there is very little o 
patch at the base of the secondaries, in this respect resembling tbe old male. . eJl g 
Dr. Stoliczka writes in his ‘ Diary ’ ; — “ Panjah, April 15. I got several spec 1 
of 
