s 



( -isi ) 



relied only on notes made in the Paris Mnsemu, and plates, but had no exarajiles 

 of the species of his restricted Spelaeornis before him. 



Evea now these birds are very rare iu collections. 



Of .S'. troqlodi/tniili's only the type-specimen is traceable iu the Paris Miisenm. 

 Pere David mentions having sent two specimens to Verreanx, but only one can 

 be found now. Of S. halsueti also only the type in the Paris Museum is known, 

 and so it is with S. so'iUei. These three valuable typss have besn kindly sent me 

 by the authorities of the Paris Museum, who also gave permission for them to be 

 figured. As both <S'. troyloJ'/toidcs and /talsuefi are figured in the 0/seau.c de la 

 Chine, we have on Plate VII. represented <S'. soiil/ei, o:Uesi, and cuadata, which had 

 hitherto never been figured. 



Tiie S])pcies of the genus Spelaeoftiis might thus be reviewed : — • 



( Rectrices uniform 2. 



■ I Rectrices barred 3. 



(■Throat bright rufous rust-colour, tail 29 — 3".! mm. . . S. caudata. 



white, tail above 45 mm. ....... S. oatesi. 



brown 4. 



Upperside pale grey-brown ....... & halsueti. 



Pileum blackish brown with whitish auteapical bars, throat pale orange- 

 rufous, back rufescent 'S'. troglodijtoides. 



Pilenm dark brown with triangular white spots, throat white, back 



rufous S. souliei. 



,/• Middle of abdomen dark grey S.reptata. 



'I ,, ,, „ wiiite S. longicaudata. 



1. Spelaeornis troglodytoides Verr. 



SiKhi'm-ids ti-(ujhid:iluitk^ Verreaux, .V««c. .I/r/i. Mas. Puns vi. BkH. p. 34 (1870.— " Montagaes du 

 Thibet Chinois") ; Hartert, Vog.jml. Fauna i. p. 7H.5. 



Figure: David & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, pi. 10. 

 West Setchuan, China. Uni(jue in Paris Museum. 



~. Spelaeornis halsueti (David). 



Piinejiiji/a ? Ilalimti Dnyid, L'ImtitiUin. no. 11, and BhU. .S'w-, Philnin. Ci aer. -xii. p. I'.i (1877.— 

 Tsinling Mts.) ; Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna i. p. 78C. 



Figure : David it Oustalet, Ois. Chine, pi. 15. 

 Tsinling Mts. Uninue in Paris Museum. 



3. Spelaeornis oatesi (Uippon). 

 (Plate VII., fig. 3.) 



Unicirhla oalt.ii Rippou, DuU. B. 0. Club x\v. [). 8.^ (1004.— \It. Victoria, Southern Chin Hills in 

 Burma). 



Mt. Victoria, .Southern Chin Hills in r.m-jna. Specimens in the I'.ritish anil 

 Tiing Museums. 



4. Spelaeornis souliei (Just. 



(Plate V 11., fig. ].) 



Sjielaeoniis Suulin Oustalet, Bull. Mux. IWix, r,08, no. I'l. p. ■.'!i7 (T.-i:kou, Yunnai.). 



Tsc-kou iu Yunnan, \V. China. Unicjue in the Paris Museum. 



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