10. AKGYA. 3f»l 



much defi)er thau in A. subrufa ; forehead dull ashy with black 

 shaft-lines, not distinctlj- hoary grey as in the last-named species. 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3-4, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-35. 

 Hah. Kcplaccs the foregoing species in Madras. 



a. Ad. sk. Madras (J. Gould). India Museum. 



/>. Ad. sk. Madras. Gould Collection. 



4, Argya rubigiuosa. 



Crateropus rubigiuosus, Eiipp. Si/si. Uebers. p. 47, Taf. 19 (1845) ; 

 Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 'I-li (1840); Bp. Consp. i. p. 278(1850) 

 ILm/l. Stjd. Uebers. p. 30 (1856) ; id.J.f. O. 1862, p. 300. 



Chatorhea rubigiuosa, JBlyth, Ibis, 1807, p. 6. 



Malacorercus rubiginosus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 272, no. 4120 

 (1869). 



Argya rubigiuosa, Ileugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 390 (1809). 



Adult. Above brownish ashy with an olivaceous shade, the rump 

 slightly paler ; underneath rufous-bufF, the middle of the throat 

 and under tail-coverts purer white ; under wmg-coverts brighter 

 rufous ; shafts of the frontal plumes and of the breast-feathers rather 

 rigid, ashy white ; lores smoky grey ; primary quills washed with 

 smoky brown on the inner web, all edged with rufous-])uff on the 

 inner web, and rather broadly on the outer one towards the base ; 

 bill and feet apparently horny rufous ; iris yellowish ; 4th quill 

 longest, 3rd and 5th subequal. Total length about 8 inches, bill 

 from front 7'", wing 3" 4i"', tail (moulting) 3" 6"', tarsiis 1" V" . 

 {Heui/lin.) 



Hah. Shoa. ? White Xile (Heuglin). 



5. Argya heuglini. 



Crateropus rufescens, Heuyl. Si/sl. Uebers. p. 30 (1856, 7iec Layardia 

 rufesceus, Blyt/i, 1847); id. J. f. O. 1802, p. 301, 1863, p. 24 ; 

 Gray, Hoiul-l. B. i. p. lAsO, no, 4140 (1809). 



Argya rufescens, lleityl. Orn. X.O.-Afr. i. p. 389 (1809). 



Crateropus rubiginosus, Cab. J. f. O. 1877, p. 220. 



Argya rubigiuosa, Hhelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 575. 



Adult. General colour above dark brown, with a slight tinge of 

 olive, rather lighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; frontal 

 feathers rather stiffened and pointed, the shafts glossy and black, 

 the feathers of the hind neck and mantle having also glossy black 

 shafts ; wing-coverts olive-brown like the back ; quills dark brown, 

 externally lighter brown, ochraceous towards the ends of the pri- 

 maries, the inner secondaries entirely dark olive-brown ; tail- 

 feathers dingy olive-brown, with numerous cross bars under certain 

 lights, the outer feathers with a narrow edging of pale brown at tho 

 tip ; lores and sides of face rufous : eyelid and a narrow line sepa- 

 rating the lores from the crown pale fulvous ; remainder of under 

 surface rufous, the feathers of the throat and fore. neck with paler 

 shaft-streaks ; throat and sides of face slightly paler rufous and 



