484 BIRDS FROM EASHMIB— RICHMOND. vol. xviii. 



Three of the specimens in this series, those collected in June and 

 July, have a slight admixture of white on the lower border of the russet 

 patch on the throat, and the basal half of each russet feather is white. 

 These birds are in worn summer plumage, and in only one of the exam- 

 ples is there any trace of russet on the lower breast. In two of tlie 

 specimens, from Leh and Pashgam, and in a March specimen from 

 Skardu, the lores are tinged with blue; in looking over our series of 

 this sjiecies, I find a specimen from Norway also with blue on the lores. 

 In the two Baltistan birds, collected in March, the russet patch is with- 

 out white at the base. 



106. CYANECULA ABBOTTI, new species. 



Forehead, crown (except sides), nape, back, scapulars and rump, 

 uniform deep hair brown ; sides of neck similar, but paler and more 

 ashy; lores grayish blue, whitish above; superciliary line distinct, 

 whitish, tinged with blue from the lores posteriorly to a point over the 

 eyes; sides of crown bordering superciliary line clove brown; ear- 

 coverts light dusky gray, with streaks of hair brown; throat and malar 

 region blue (between campanula and cobalt blue), with a spot of silky 

 white beloAv the center; blue of throat bordered below by a 1)and of 

 black (with a bluish tinge); this is succeeded by a narrow, broken, 

 almost obsolete band of white, which in turn is followed by a band of 

 russet; rest of lower breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts white, 

 some of the feathers of the latter with pale russet centers; sides of 

 body and flanks wood brown ; thighs hair brown. Wing feathers dark 

 dusky brown, with narrow lighter edgings on the external webs; lesser 

 wing-coverts grayish brown (like sides of neck), the feathers with darker 

 centers ; middle and greater coverts and primary coverts dark dusky 

 brown like wing feathers, with lighter edgings on the external webs; 

 underwing-coverts and axillaries buif; under jirimary coverts pale cream 

 buff. Middle pair of tail feathers brownish black ; four outer pairs russet 

 for their basal two-thirds, terminal third black ; second pair from middle 

 similar to the four outer pairs, but the black on inner web extends a half 

 inch nearer the base; upper tail-coverts dark grayish brown (darker 

 and grayer than back and rump), some of the featfiers with russet cen- 

 ters and shafts. Wing, 2.86 inches; tail, 2.31; tarsus, 1.07; middle toe 

 (without claw), 0.58; exposed culmen, 0.52. "Length, 5f inches; bill 

 and liiet black, soles yellowish; irides brown." 



Type.— No. 150370, U.S.N.M. Male, adult; :N^ubra Yalley, Ladak, 

 July IG, 1893; 10,000 feet; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



This interesting bird, of which Dr. Abbott has sent three specimens, is 

 very closely related to the White-spotted Bluethroat, Cyanecula ivolfii 

 (Brelim), but differs from it in the deeper blue of the throat, in the blue 

 lores, and in the longer bill, which latter character is more easily seen 

 on comparison of specimens than expressed in figures. The specimens 

 are in somewhat worn breeding plumage, which probably accounts for 

 the grayer color of the upper parts and ear coverts, and the more 



