12. TEOCHALOPTERUM. 369 



and olive-brown margins ; the throat dark ashy, shaded Muth olive ; 

 fore neck and chest more olive-hrovrn, with a subterminal bar of 

 pale ochraceous before a dusky-brown edj:;ing to the feathers ; flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts dull olive-brown, as also the axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts ; the lower series of the latter dusky like tlie 

 quills below, these latter being more ashy along the margin of the 

 inner web ; " bill dusky ; legs reddish brown ; iris reddish brown '' 

 (Jerdon). Total length 8 inches, culmcn 0-8, wing ,3-65, tail 3-85, 

 tarsus 1'45. 



06s. The plumage in this species appears to be subject to con- 

 siderable bleaching, especially as regards the golden colour of the 

 wing, which fades to a whity brown. 



Young birds always have the outer aspect of the wing thus faded 

 in tint, and are more rufous-brown as well as more uniform on the 

 upper surface, some of the feathers with blackish edges, but the 

 subterminal light markings of the old bird not perceptible ; the 

 under surface of the body is also uniform dull brown, darker on the 

 throat, but without the least appearance of the ochraceous mottling 

 which is such a conspicuous feature of the adult. 



Ilah. Eastern Himalayas. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



India -Museum. 



Gould Collection. 



H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



13. Trochalopterum austeni. 



Trochalopteron austeni, Jcrd. Ibis, 1872, p. 304 ; Gould, B. Asia, 

 part XXV. (1873) ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. Bent/, xsxix. p. 105 

 (1870) ; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 414, 1879, p. 97. 



Adult. General colour above reddish brown, inclining more or 

 less to olive, especially on the lower back and rump ; wing-coverts 

 like the back, the greater series rufous tipped with yellowish white, 

 before which is an indistinct bar of black ; bastard-wing feathers 

 externally ashy olive ; primary-coverts rufous, dusky blackish at 

 tip ; quills dusky, externally rufous-brown ; the primaries ashy along 

 the inner web; the secondaries spotted with white at the tip like 

 the greater coverts ; centre tail-feathers reddish brown, the remainder 

 blackish, externally reddish brown except towards the ends, which 

 are tipped with white ; crown of head, hind neck, and sides of neck 

 more rufous than the back, and relieved by yellowish shaft-streaks ; 

 lores ashy grey; ear-coverts dark chestnut-brown, with pale shaft- 

 streaks ; the region of the eye dusky ; cheeks, throat, and fore neck 

 reddishbrown, mottled with dusky bars, eachfcatherhaving an obscure 

 subterminal paler bar ; the chest and rest of underparts reddish brown, 

 strongly barred with white before a dusky margin to each feather ; 

 the sides of the breast more strongly shaded with rufous ; feathers 

 of the abdomen white, with a distinct terminal bar of dusky, and 



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