86 TIMELIID^. 



Cittocincla macriira, Sclater, Ibis, 1866, p. 109 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1867, 



p. 445 ; Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 396 ; Ticeed. Ibis, 1877, p. 309 ; 



Blyth S,- Wald. B. Biirm. p. 100 (1875) ; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, 



p. 437 (1879) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1879, p. 168. 

 Cittocincla maci'ura, var. minor, Sin'nli. Ibis, 1870, p. 344; id. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 359. 

 Cittocincla tricolor, iiliarpe, Ann. 8)- Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) x. p. 49 



(1882). 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purplish black, as well 

 as the throat and fore neck ; rump and upper tail-coverts pure 

 "white ; "wings and tail black, much duller than the rest of the back, 

 the four outer tail-feathers tipped "with "white, increasing in extent 

 towards the outermost, which is white with a black base ; remainder 

 of under surface of body deep chestnut ; thighs whitish ; under 

 wing-coverts chestnut like the breast, the edge of the wing pur- 

 plish black, the lower coverts whitish with narrow ashy-brown 

 edgings ; lower surface of quills ashy brown, much paler towards 

 the base of the inner web ; " bill black ; iris dark brown ; legs and 

 feet fleshy white " ( W. Davison), or fleshy pink {Eugene W. Oates) ; 

 " eyelids plumbeous ; inside of mouth fleshy " {E. W. 0.). Total 

 length 11 inches, ciilmen 0"7, wing 3'65, tail 7, tarsus l-Oo. 



Adult female. Quite different from the male, with a much shorter 

 tail ; upper surface, as well as the throat, olive-brown more or less 

 tinged with grey ; rump white ; quills brown, edged, as weU as the 

 wiug-coverts, with fawn-brown ; under surface of body pale rufous 

 fawn-colour, inclining to white on the abdomen, and much paler 

 on the under wing-coverts. Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 3'45, tail 4-4, tarsus 1. 



If judged by the females alone, the Tenasserim birds would appear 

 to belong to a different race from the Indian, as the hen birds are 

 80 very much darker ; and the Malaccan birds are also very dark- 

 coloured, while in Java the hen seems to be as dark as the male. 

 See my note on C. suavis {infra, p. 87). 



Yoimg. Similar to the old female, but mottled all over with 

 ochreous-buff spots edged with dusky ; head streaked with ochreous 

 buff ; " bill blackish, pale at the base beneath ; legs and feet fleshy ; 

 iris brown " {Legge). 



Hah. Southern and Central India ; sub-Himalayan region west- 

 wards from the Ganges to Assam, through the Burmese countries to 

 Siam, Cochin China, and Hainan, down the Malayan Peninsula to 

 Java. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Travancoie. Major J. Biddulph [C.]. 



c,d.^2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



e. (5 ad. sk. Uarjiling. J. Fotheringham, Esq. 



/. Ad. sk. Pegu. W. T.Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



ff. (S ad. sk. Pegu, March 1875. Eugene "VV. Oates, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 h. 9 ad.sk. Pegu. Nov. 23 1880. Eugene W. Oates, Esq. 



[C.]. 



