. Birds. Birds. EEYTHROSPIZA. 221 Habits, Sfc. Stoliczka seems to have found the nesfc of this Eose- Knch in Western Tibet in July, but its authenticity is very doubtful. • O. stoliezJcm, Hume, from "Sarkand, is a much smaller species, with the plumage pale ashy and the red parts of the head without the conspicuous white spangles which characterize 0. albicilla. The female is plain unstreaked ashy throughout. Genus ERYTHROSPIZA, Bonap., 1831. The genus Erytkrospiza contains the palest forms of the Eose- Finches, birds of the desert. In this genus the general colour of the males is brown o
. Birds. Birds. EEYTHROSPIZA. 221 Habits, Sfc. Stoliczka seems to have found the nesfc of this Eose- Knch in Western Tibet in July, but its authenticity is very doubtful. • O. stoliezJcm, Hume, from "Sarkand, is a much smaller species, with the plumage pale ashy and the red parts of the head without the conspicuous white spangles which characterize 0. albicilla. The female is plain unstreaked ashy throughout. Genus ERYTHROSPIZA, Bonap., 1831. The genus Erytkrospiza contains the palest forms of the Eose- Finches, birds of the desert. In this genus the general colour of the males is brown or grey suffused with pale pink. The bill is short but extremely tumid, the lower mandible being as much curved as the upper. The wings are very long and reach much beyond the middle of the tail. The sexes do not differ much in colour. Key to the Species. a. In fresh plumage, upper parts bluish grey; greatest depth of closed bill '4 M githaginea, p. 221. 6. In fresh plumage, upper parts sandy brown; greatest depth of closed bill '3 E. mongolica, p. 222. 763. Erythrospiza githaginea. The Desert-Finch. Pyrrhula githaginea, Temm. PI. Col. iii, pi. 400 (1826). Bucanetes githaginea (Temm.), Httme, S. F. i, p. 210, vii, pp. 64, 454; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 273. _^ " Erythroapiza githaginea (Temm), Hume, Cat. no. 732 bis; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 284. Coloration. Male. After the autumn moult the forehfead, crown, sides of the head, and entire lower plumage are bluish grey, suffused with rosy on the lower parts; upper plumage and sides of the neck greyish brown, with a faint tinge of rosy on the rump; wings and. Fig, 59.—Head of E. githaginea. tail brown, edged with linous grey, the quills subterminally blacK. The above plumage is retained by the male for only a short time after the movQt, and at this period the whole plumage has a decided. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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