. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . iful hanging woods ;many of the shrubs and trees were assuming their autumnal tints. Wildfruits and berries were in abundance ; raspberry, barberry, and others,alFordmg ample food to hosts of birds of many kinds. I first secured apair of Bullfinches, Pyrvhula erythrocephala, a pretty species which I hadfound at Kussowlie the previous spring, and I got three or four more beforeleaving Fagoo. Specimens examined. No. Sex. Mus. Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm. a. $ Imm. E. B. Kotekhaie {Hume
. A monograph of the weaver-birds, Ploceidae, and arboreal and terrestrial finches, Fringillidae . iful hanging woods ;many of the shrubs and trees were assuming their autumnal tints. Wildfruits and berries were in abundance ; raspberry, barberry, and others,alFordmg ample food to hosts of birds of many kinds. I first secured apair of Bullfinches, Pyrvhula erythrocephala, a pretty species which I hadfound at Kussowlie the previous spring, and I got three or four more beforeleaving Fagoo. Specimens examined. No. Sex. Mus. Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm. a. $ Imm. E. B. Kotekhaie {Hume). 5-5 3-1 2-7 0-65 0-35 h. $ Imm. KB. Darjeeling (Beavan). 6-3 3-05 2-75 0-65 c. <? Imm. E. B. N. India {Hodgson). 4-9 30 2-6 0-4 d. <? Imm. E. B. Darjeeling {Beavmi). 4-85 30 2-55 0-65 0-4 e. .? E. B. India. 5-5 3-1 2-7 0-6 0-4 /■ $ E. B. Himalayas. 5-5 3 0 2-6 0-4 9- <? E. B. Himalayas. 5-35 3-0 2-7 0-65 0-35 h. ? E. B. Boon. 5-6 30 2-65 0-62 0-35 i. ? E. B. Himalayas. 0-0 3 0 0-0 0-65 0-4 The figures (Plate III.) are taken from / and h in my own collection. PL ^k del et lifch CARDINALIS PHCENLCEUS,c5,^. CARDINALIS CARDINAL. PLATE II. Fringilla cardinaUs, Licht. Verz. Doubl. Mus. Berl. p. 89 (1823). Cardinalis phceniceus, Gould, MS. Cardinalis phceiiiccus, Bonap. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 111. Cardinalis phceniceus^ Gray et Mitcli. Gen. Birds, ii. p. 358 (1844). Cardinalis granade?isis, Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1847, p. 74. Cardinalis phaeniceus, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 501 (1850). Cardinalis phamiceus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 44 (1854). Cardinalis phaeniceus, Eyton, Cat. Birds, p. 266 (1856). Cardinalis phwniceus, Sclater, Cat. of Amer. Birds, p. 100. 1862. Cardinalis jjhoeniceus, Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p 83. Cardinalis phaeniceus, Scl. et Salv. Exot. Ornitli. p. 125,. pi. 03 ^ et ? (1868).Cardinalis phceniceus, Scl. et Salv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, pp. 167, phceniceus, Scl. et Salv. Proc. Zool. So
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