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5. Trochalopterum chrysopterum. 



lanthocincla clirysoptera, Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 48. 

 Crateropiis erythropterus, Ilodgs. in Gnnfs Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1S44). 

 Crateropus chrysopterus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 170 (1842). 

 GaiTiilax chrvsopterus, Bli/th, J. A. S. Ben(j. xii. p. 951 (1843) ; id. 



Cut. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 07 (1.^49). 

 Pterocyclus chrysopterus, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 226(1840) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 372 (1850) ; Horsf. ^ jilvore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mas. i. p. 206 



(1«54) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 283, no. 4182 (1869). 

 Trochalopteron clirvsopterum, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 43 (1863) ; Hume, 



Nests k Eggs Ind. B. p. 259 (1873) ; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 97. 



Adult. Above particoloured ; forehead dark rufous, with black 

 streaks ; lores ashy black, surmounted by a black line forming- an 

 indistinct eyebrow ; sinciput and sides of crown dark ashy grey, 

 the former streaked with black centres to the feathers ; occiput 

 and nape chestnut ; hind neck and mantle reddish brown, as also 

 the sides of the neck, mottled all over with a black subterminal 

 bar on each feather; back reddish brown ; lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts ashy olive-brown ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 reddish brown, ttie greater series chestnut ; primarj'-covcrts and 

 quills blackish, externally golden olive ; all the feathers ashy towards 

 the tips, this colour plainer on the secondaries ; tail-feathers golden 

 olive-dusky on the inner webs; ear-coverts black, edged with silvery 

 white ; clieeks aud throat black, the former with indistinct ashy 

 margins ; lower throat and sides of upper neck chestnut-brown ; fore 

 neck and breast light reddish brown, mottled with subterminal 

 black bars ; lower breast and abdomen uniform reddish brown ; the 

 sides of the body olivaceous brown, darker on the thighs and under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries reddish brown, the 

 lower series dusky like the quills below, these being more asliy along 

 the inner margin ; " bill dusky brown ; legs horny yellow-brown ; 

 irides red" (Jerdon). Total length 10-8 inches, culmen 1, wing 4, 

 tail 4-7, tarsus 1"55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. A pair measure: — 



Total 

 length. 



Culiuen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



fl. cJ. Sikhim 9-25 0-95 3-8 4-4 I'So 



h. $ . Sikhim 100 10 3-95 45 1-55 



Young birds have the wings and the tail like the adults, but are 

 otherwise different, being more uniform on the back, without any 

 of the black spots on the hinder neck ; the head entirely rufous, 

 except in the centre of the crown, which is dusky where it is ashy 

 in the adult bird ; the throat is black, and the under surface is like 

 the adult but duller, and it is uniform on the fore neck and chest, 

 which have not the black spots of the adult ; the ear-coverts are 

 black, edged with hoary grey as in the old bird. 

 Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Bootan. 



a. Ad. sk. Himalayas. J. Gould,_Esq. [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



