Crimson-browed finch Crimson-browed finch The crimson-browed finch ("Carpodacus subhimachalus") is a true finch species (family Fringillidae). It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland. This is a large finch with a large short bill. The male has a crimson red head and throat. The female has a yellow head and throat. The species was described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 under the binomial name "Corythus subhimachalus". The species name "subhimachalus" is derived from the Latin "sub" meaning 'beneath' and the Hindi word "himachal" meaning snow. The crimson-browed
Palatinate (colour) him by Revd Charles Whitley, Reader in Natural Philosophy at the University 1833-1854: An account, written sometime between 1876 and 1896, of Van Mildert's ceremonial entry into County Durham upon his election as bishop in 1826, refers to him wearing "a coat and waistcoat of the Palatinate purple". The scabbard of the civic sword of the City of Durham is described as being "of purple velvet, the colour of the old palatine of Durham". In the mid-19th century, the University tailor referred to the colour used in the hoods as Palatinate Blue, despite it being "really a sort of purple".