378 TIMELIID-i;. 



Adult. Head, neck, and mantle dull ashy grey, with central 

 streaks of reddish brown relieved by a blackish shaft-stripe, and 

 imparting a pointed appearance to the feathers ; middle of back 

 reddish brown, the feathers edged with ashy grey at the tip, with a 

 white shaft-streak ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back, 

 with white sliaft-lincs, the greater series with fulvous shaft-streaks ; 

 quills light brown, externally bright tawny brown, the primaries 

 somewhat ashy towards the ends of the outer webs ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts dull ashy grey, washed slightly with 

 olive ; centre tail-feathers ash}', washed with olive and barred with 

 dusky under certain lights, the tips light ashy grey ; remainder of 

 the feathers fulvous or dull tawny brown, broadly tipped with ashy 

 grey, before which is a subterminal shade of blackish, the outer 

 feathers blackish brown on their outer webs ; lores and feathers in 

 front of the eye ashy, with M'hite streaks ; over the eye a very 

 narrow line of bright rufous, the superciliary plumes being tipped 

 with the latter colour ; ear-coverts uniform bright rufous ; sides of 

 neck like the head, and streaked in the same manner ; cheeks, 

 throat, and breast ashy grey, with bright rufoirs centres to the 

 feathers, larger and more pronounced on the chest and breast ; re- 

 mainder of under surface dull ashj-, slightlj' washed with olive, the 

 centre of the abdomen and thighs fulvous-brown ; under tail-coverts 

 ashy washed with fulvous-brown ; axillaries like the breast ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner lining of quills dull fulvous-brown, lighter 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 7"5 inches, culmen 

 0-7, wing 3"1, tail 3*S, tarsus 1. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but the plumage rather more fluffy, 

 and the upper surface not so distinctly streaked, the feathers being 

 dark brown in the centre, edged with ashy. The throat and breast 

 are also more rufous, with less ashy on the former. 



Hah. Himalayas, from Gilgit to Jfepal. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Himalayas. India Museum. 



? ad. sk. Gilgit, Dec. 1877. Major J. Biddulph [C.]. 



il 5 ad. sk. Gilgit, Jan. 1881. Major J. Bipdulph [G.]. 



' ' ' '■" '~' "" 'h[C.]. 



/. c? ad. sk. Baltistan,May29,1876. Major J. BiddiUph [C.J. 



2 ad. sk. Gilgit, March 1879. Major J. Biddulph 



f/, h. S 2 acl- sk. Cashmere, May 1876. Major J. Biddulph [C.J. 

 i. Ad. ; k. Juv. sk. Cashmere (Belleiv). India Museum. 



/. cJ ad.sk. Samgurh, May 1875. Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



■m,n,o. Ad.sk. N.VV. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



fp.]. 

 w. Ad. ; 17. Juv.sk. N.W.Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 

 r. (S ad. ; s. Ad. sk. Simla {Bcavan). Gould Collection. 



t. Ad. sk. Kumaon {Strachey). India JIuseum. 



n. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of C. setifer.) 

 v,w,x. Imra. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



y. Ad. : ;:. Innn.sk. Nepal (Horlyson). India Museum. 



