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Show 694 MR. W.T. BLANFORD ON A NEW HIMALAYAN FINCH. [Nov. 21, I shall, before proceeding to describe the new species, give description of both sexes of Procarduelis nipalensis. Male. Forehead and front of crown bright crimson; supercilia, running back to the sides of the nape, the same, but a little paler ; lores, a stripe through the eye to the ear-coverts, crown of head behind, and sides of neck dusky red ; back and smaller wing-coverts blackish brown, the feathers with blood-red margins, which are rather more conspicuous on the rump ; quills, larger wing-coverts, and tail-feathers blackish brown, with narrow pale reddish edges inconspicuous on the rectrices, and broad only on the tips of the outer webs of the last three quills and on the coverts ; sides of head below the eyes and throat rosy crimson ; breast deep dark red, nearly the same colour as the top of the head ; abdomen rosy pink ; under tail-coverts brown with pink margins. Tarsi faintly scutel/ated. Female. Above fuliginous umber-brown, the feathers rather darker near the shafts ; greater and smaller wing-coverts and the last three wing-feathers with pale tips to the outer webs ; quills and tail-feathers darker brown than the back and with very narrow pale edges. Lower parts uniform umber or earthy brown, with a slight olivaceous tinge, and paler in colour than the back. Dimensions. Wing. Tail. Male 3*6 2*45 Female 3*4 2*3 Female 3*32 2*35 PROCARDUELIS RUBESCENS, sp. nov. (Plate LXXIV.) P. nipalensi affinis, sed minor, tarsis brevioribus et distindius : maris colore omnino dilutiore, capite insuper et brunneis, illius plumis coccineo marginatis, hujus sanguineo uropygio leetiore; rectricibus, remigibus et tectr.cibus brunneis rufescenti-fulvo marginatis; genis gulaque pallide ; pectore abdomineque griseis, coccineo-tinctis: long, 3*2, caudee 2*25, tarsi 0*75, rostri a fronte 0* 47 poll. Angl. Fcemina (vel mas juvenis !) supra olivaceo-brunnea, infra pallide umbrina ; uropygio et marginibus externis rectricum, remigum, alarum tedricumque rubro tinctis : long, alie 3*2, caudee tarsi 0*72, rostri a fronte 0'47 poll. Hab. in Sikkim, in montibus Himalayauis. Male. The feathers of the head above brown, broadly margined with rosy scarlet, or a colour intermediate between scarlet and crimson ; sides of head a little paler, the red margins of the feathers being narrower; back brown, the feathers tinted and edged with blood-red, more broadly so on the rump ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers brown, margined with dull fulvous red ; throat rosy with a scarlet tinge, passing gradually into the colour of the breast and abdomen, which are grey with a red wash ; under tail-coverts pale brown with darker central stripes. Tarsus, 0*85 0*85 0*85 Bill from forehead. 0*42 0*45 0*46 |