COLOUR r II asks; of rni: rufous iiorsksiioe-uats. j7;j 



S. Mysore) are fitiier only half .luhurn (one, see fig. 5), or have at 

 least some grey coloTir left on lh«' throat, or both there and on the 

 holly (the othei's). In the November material (Devilcop, S. Mah- 

 ratlia Country) the full auburn ])ha?:e, a?; figured here, without trace 

 of mousf-t'olour, is absolutely })redominaut ; and the same phase 

 oecurs, though (so far as the material goes) much more sparingly, in 

 the later months of the season. The summer fur (after the spring 

 moult in May) will ])robaV)ly be found to have its corresponding 

 aubiirn phase, but material from that season is lacking. 



Fig. 7.-- 2 ad, 18th -January 11)12, Potoli, S. E. of Supa, North 

 Kauara, (J. ('. S. 528, age, aboiit one year and nine months. To 

 show an average tinge of the orange phase. LIpperside almost 

 orange-rufous (closely approaching II, 11, i), the tinge being 

 slightly brigliter and more glossy (II, 11, h) at the concealed base 

 of the hairs; underparts abnost ochraceous-orange (XV, 1-3' or IG). 

 Xo specimens comparal)le with this have been seen from the month 

 of October (except, of coarse, those moulting from the orange to 

 the dark phase, in which, however, the orange has lost considerably 

 in brilliancy) ; a few individuals from Xovember (S. Mahratha 

 ( ountry) approach it but do not quite match it in hue ; no Decem- 

 ber specimens are available ; in January this t^'^pe of colour (or even 

 brighter hues) isdecidedl}- predominant and remains so till April and 

 ^lay, though in the latter month (spring moult) it has probably as a 

 rule lost some of its brightness and gloss. The fact that the Octo- 

 ber series contains a a'ood number of orano-e individuals in inoult 

 .shows that the smnmer fur also has its orange phase. 



Fig. 8. — Same sex, date, and place as fig. 7, G. C. S. 522, age, 

 aliout nine months. The palest extreme of the orange phase. 

 Upperside nearly xanthine-orange (III, 13, i orh), underparts pale 

 yellow ochre (XV, 17' a). Quite or approximately similar indivi- 

 duals have only been seen from January to April. The summer 

 fur of some individuals may change into similar hue. 



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