'23G JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XII. 



p. 32«j ; Oatos, " Birds of British Burmuli," IT, p. 278 ; Barnos, 

 "Birds of Boml.ay," i). 408 ; Humo, " Str. Foatli.," XI, p. 345; 

 Salvadori, British Museum Cat..^ XXVII, p. 227 ; Blanford, "Birds 

 of India," IV, p. 445. 



Vescriptio7i : Adult Male. — Forehead, crown and anterior nape pale 

 buff, sometimes with a tow black dots on the nape, remainder of head 

 and neck dull chestnut, much speckled anteriorly with black, and 

 the chin and throat more or less black also ; back, sides of neck 

 and upper br<?ast, flanks, scapulars, rump and shorter upper tail coverts 

 vermiculated blackish- Ijrown and white, the rump and upper tail 

 coverts with the white predominating, longer upper tail coverts black ; 

 central rectrices brownish-l)lack getting paler on the each succeeding 

 pair, the outer pairs being also tipped white ; upper breast and lower 

 neck and sides of lower breast vinous-red, under tail coverts black, 

 rest of lower i>lumage white ; smallest wing coverts greyish-brown, 

 more or less vermiculated white, primary coverts vinous-grey, remain- 

 ing coverts white, the greater secondary coverts tipped black, primaries 

 brown, pale-shafted except at the tips ; outermost secondaries brilliant 

 metallic green, broadly edged and tipped black ; outer web of next 

 secondary pure white, edged black ; inner secondaries black, edged 

 white and greyish on the inner webs. 



"Irides deep red-brown ; bill grey- blue, livid blue, or bluish-plum- 

 beous, the tip black ; logs dusky lead, lead-grey or, rarely, greenish- 

 load colour, dusky on the joints and webs, and with the claws dark. 



''3Iah's (adults).— heucrth 19-0" to lO-.V; expanse 32-75" to 34*5" ; 

 wing 10" to 10-5" ; tail from vent 4-0" to 4-G" ; tarsus 1-4" to I'G" ; 

 bill from gape, 1-7" to 1-82"; weight lib. 5oz. to lib. IGoz." (Hume). 



During the early part of the cold weather the feathers of the breast 

 have grey edges which make the whole breast a pale gre}'ish-vinous, 

 as the season progresses the edges wear off and the breast gets richer 

 in colour in consequence. 



Adult Female. — Head and nock pale reddish-brown, richer posteri- 

 orly and paler below, speckled with very dark brown ; rest of plumage 

 above lirown with j)alo edges to the leathers varying from almost white 

 to rufous, the scapulars and interscapulars more or less barred with the 

 same ; smaller wing coverts like the back, median the same but wilh 

 broader edges, greater coverts with still i)roader paler edges, quills plain 



