370 TIMELIIBJE. 



remaius of indistinct duskj' bars on the base of tlio feather ; lower 

 flanks and thighs dull olive-brown; the under tail-coverts olive- 

 brown with pale fulvescent tips ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 olive-brown, the lower series duskj' like the under surface of the 

 quills, which are more ashy along the margin of the inner web. 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen O-SJ, wing 3-85, tail 4-5, tarsus 1-5. 

 (il/ws. .B. G. Wardlaiu Hamsay.) 



Hah. Hill-ranges of North-eastern Bengal. 



14. Trochalopterum ellioti. 



TrochalopteroD ellioti, J. Verr. Nouv. Arch, dii Mus. vi. Btdl. p. 36 

 (1870) ; id. op. cit. vii. Bull. p. 44 (1871); Gould, B. Asia, part 

 XXV. (1873) : Pijev. in Bowlei/'s Oni. Misc. ii. p. 203, uo. 117 

 (1877) ; David i^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 202, pi. 57 (1877). 



Mule (not quite adult). General colour above earthy brown washed 

 with olive, the head a little lighter than the back, the forehead and 

 eyebrows pale lavender-brown ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 greater coverts slightly tinged with rufous, the bastard-wing feathers 

 shaded with ashy ; primary-coverts black ; quills dusky, externally 

 golden olive, brighter golden colour near the base of the primaries, 

 which are bluish ashy to^^'ard8 the ends of the outer webs ; the 

 secondaries also ashy at the tips and along the outer webs; the 

 innermost secondaries entirely bluish ash-colour ; centre tail-fea- 

 thers golden brown, ashy at the tips ; all the other tail-feathers 

 dark ashy on the inner web, golden brown for the greater part of 

 the outer web, tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the 

 outermost feather ; lores and nasal plumes blackish ; ear-coverts 

 chocolate-brown, with narrow edges of hoary white to the tips of 

 the feathers ; cheeks lighter brown ; throat chocolate-brown, with 

 the same obsolete tips to the feathers as on the ear-coverts ; remainder 

 of under surface earthy brown, fading into didl vinous red on the 

 abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts duU 

 vinous brown, the lower series dusky like the inner lining of the 

 quills : " bill black ; feet rufous ; iris yellowish white " {A. David). 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3"6, tail 5, tarsus 1-45. 



The specimen described is not quite adult ; but an old bird in 

 Capt. "Wardlaw llamsay's collection only diflcrs in being rather 

 clearer in coloration, the upper tail-coverts being ashy and the fea- 

 thers of the mantle being tipped with white, before which is a sub- 

 terminal dusky bar; underneath, the colours are brighter, especially 

 as regards the vinous red colour of the abdomen and under tail-coverts. 

 The iris in the adults is clear yellow. 



Hah. Mountains of Western China, at Moupin, in Northern 

 Setchuen and at Chensi, as far as Hoangho. It also occurs in Kansou. 



a. S imm. sk, Moupin, Oct. 28, 18C9. Abbe David [C.]. 



