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TIMELIIDJE. 



16. Trochalopteruin formosuni. 



Trochalopteroii formosum, J. Vet-r. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. v. Bull. 

 p. 35 (1869) ; id. op. cit. vii. p. 43, pi. 2 (1871); Swinh. P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 372; Gould B. Asia, part xxiv. (1872); David ^- Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 199, pi. 59 (1877). 



Adult female (Western Szechucn, Jan. 20 ; A. David). General 

 colour above rufous-brown, the lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts dark olive-brown ; wing-coverts like tlie back, the greater 

 series washed with crimson ; bastard-wing feathers and primary- 

 coverts crimson, streaked with ashy grey near the tips ; quills black, 

 externall}' bright crimson except the innermost secondaries, which 

 are entirely black ; centre tail-feathers dull crimson, the remainder 

 blackish on the inner webs, dull crimson on the outer, becoming 

 brighter crimson on the margin of the feathers ; forehead and 

 sinciput ashy grey, streaked wi*h black centres to the feathers ; the 

 hinder part of the crown rufous-brown, all the feathers broadly edged 

 with ashy grey ; lores and extreme base of forehead, as well as 

 a line along the sides of the crown, black ; car-coverts hoary grey, 

 streaked with black down the centre of the feathers ; sides of neck 

 bordering the ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and fore neck black ; 

 breast reddish brown, a few of the feathers adjoining the chest edged 

 with black ; abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts olive-brown ; 

 thighs dark ashy, slightly washed with olive ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries like the breast, the lower series dusky like the under 

 surface of the quills, which are paler along the margin of the 

 inner web. Total length 10*8 inches, culmen 1, wing 4, tail 4"5, 

 tarsus 1'6. {Mus. JR. G. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



Hah, Western Szechueu. 



17. Trochalopterum milni. 



Trochalopterum milni, David, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5) xix. art. 9 (1874) ; 

 id. Jom-n. 3"= Expl. Chine, ii. p. 271 (1876) ; id. i^- Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 200, pi. 58 (1877). 



Adult male. Crown of head and upper part of neck of a buffy 

 rufous colour ; ear-coverts pure white ; throat and lores black ; back 

 olive, with the large feathers edged with a darker border ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts of a golden olive tint ; lower parts ashy ohve, 

 passing to greenish on the neck, breast, flanks, under tail-coverts, 

 and tibial plumes ; upper surface of the tail bright red, lower surface 

 blackish ; quills above briUiant and glossy red, with the inner webs 

 of the innermost secondaries white ; bill and feet black : iris brown. 

 {David Sf Oustalet.) 



Adrdt female. Like the male. (lid. 1. c.) 



Younq. Want the rufous cap on the head, and have not any white 

 on the ear-coverts or inner secondaries. (lid. 1. c.) 



Hah. Wooded mountains of Western Fokien. 



