392 TlMELIlDJi. 



more vinous red than the undorparts ; under tail-coverts lighter 

 than the ahdomeii ; under -vring-covcrts and axiilaries like the 

 breast ; quills light brown below, pale rufous along the inner web, 

 of the same colour as the lower under wing-coverts. Total length 

 9 inches, wing 3-3, tail 4-1, tarsus 1-1. 



Uab. Discovered near Gondokoro (5° IS", lat.), where it was very- 

 rare. It appears to extend down the east coast of Africa, if I am 

 correct in my identifications of the specimens in the Museum. The 

 difl'eronces between A. hntr/lini and A. ruhiijlnom, as set forth by 

 Heuglin {t. c), do not seem to me particularly clear. 



a. Ad. sk. Zanzibar. R. B. Sharps, Esq. [P. 



h. Ad. sk. Mombasa. Rev. F. A. Buxton [P 



6. Argya earlii. 



Malacocercus earlii, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xiii. p. 309 (1844) ; Jerd. 

 111. Ind. Orn. text to pi. 19 (1847) ; Bli/tJt, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. 

 p. 141 (1849) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 10 (1849); Bp. Consp. 

 i. p. 373 (1850) ; Horsf. 4" Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 2-'2 

 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 279, no. 4118 (1869). 



Malacocercus geochrous, Hodf/s. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Pas- 

 seres, pi. 180 (no. 868) ; id. 'in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 



Chatorhea earhi, Blyth, J. A. S. i?^'^//. xxiv. p. 478 (1856) ; Jerd. 

 Ibis, 1862, p. 19 ; 'id. B. Ind. ii. p. G8 (1862) ; Blnnf. Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 466 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 310 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 180; id. 

 Nests iff Eggs Ind. B. p. 275 (1873) ; James, Str. F. 1873, p. 420 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 124, 1876, p. 41, 1877, p. 34, ltt79, p. 97 ; 

 Btitler, Cat. B. Sindetc. p. 29 (1879) ; Gates, B. Brit. Burm. p. 30 

 (1883). 



Crateropus earlii, Blyth l^- Wald. B. Barm. p. 118 (1875). 



Adult. General colour above dull fulvous-brown, thickly mottled 

 on the head and mantle and back with blackish-brown centres to 

 the feathers; rump and upper tail-coverts more uniform fulvous- 

 brown, with darker longitudinal centres to the latter feathers ; 

 -wing-coverts light earthy brown, with blackish shaft-lines ; quills 

 light brown, externally ashy brown, the inner secondaries with 

 blackish shaft-lines ; tail-feathers light brown, with indistinct dusky 

 cross bars under cei'tain lights, the outer feathers paler on their 

 edges and tips ; base of forehead and feathers over the eye ashy, 

 with minute blackish centres ; lores dull whitish ; ear-coverts dull 

 brown, with a vinous tinge ; cheeks and throat light vinous, Avith 

 ashy margins to the feathers, the fore part of the cheeks light ashy 

 along the gape ; fore neck darker brown washed with vinous, and 

 having blackish shaft-lines ; remainder of under surface of body 

 light fulvous-brown, more earthy brown on the flanks and thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts darker fulvous-brown ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries light tawny buff; quills pale brown below, fulvescent 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill pale greenish yellow, dusky 

 above and at the tip ; legs dirty greenish horn ; iris bright yellow " 

 {Jerdon). Total length S'T inches, culmen 0-9, wing 8-45, tail 4-3, 

 tarsus 1'3, 



