396 TIMELllD-ll. 



inner -web ; bill horu-brown, yellowish at base ; feet light brown ; 

 iris reddish brown. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-4, 

 tail 5-9, tarsus 1-4. 



Aihilt female. Similar to the male in coloration. Total length 

 11 inches, culmen 1"05, wing 4'2, tail O'To, tarsus 1'3. 



Hab. Jordan valley in Palestine, but is also found in Arabia 

 Petraea. 



a, b. c? ? ad. sk. Jericlio, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Palestine (Tristram). F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Jericho, Jan. 1, 1804 Gould Collection. 



[Tristram). 



11. Argya gnlaris. 



Chatorhea gularis, B/i/t/i, J. A. <S'. JBoiff. xxiv. p. 478 (1855); Jerd. 



Ibis, 1862, p. 19; BUinf. Ibis, 1870, p. 4U6; Hume, Str. F. 1875, 



p. 124; Anders. Zool. JExped. W. Yunnan, Aces, p. 639, pi. xlviii. 



lig. 1 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 97. 

 Malacocercus gularis, Girtij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 279, no. 4115 (1869). 

 Crateropus ffularis, Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 76 ; id. Str. F. 1874, p. 329; 



Blyth ^- Wald. B. Burm. p. 117, no. 379 (1875); Oates, B. Brit. 



Burm. p. 31 (1883). 



Adult female. General colour of upper surface ashy brown, the 

 head more rufous, all the feathers of the upper surface medially 

 streaked with dull brown ; the rump i;iiiform sandy brown, the . 

 upper tail-coverrs olive-brown ; wings pale brown, the greater scries 

 of wing-coverts and secondaries rather greyish, the primaries ex- 

 ternally washed with olive, the outermost plainly margined with 

 whit}' brown ; tail ashy brown, crossed with numerous duskj- bars, 

 the outermost feathers externally washed and tipped with sandy 

 buif ; frontal feathers extending backwards over the fore part of the 

 eye greyish white with narrow black centres ; lores black ; ear- 

 coverts rufous : cheeks, throat, and fore neck pure white ; rest of 

 under surface rich sandy buff, deeper on the flanks ; sides of upper 

 breast vinous ; under wing-coverts sandj- ; lower surface of wing 

 dull brown, edged along the inner webs with pale sandy buff. Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3'4, tail 6, tarsus 1*25. 



Adidt nude. Similar to the female. Total length 11 inches, cul- 

 men O'S, wing 3"35, tail 6-3, tarsus I'lo. 



Hcd). Upper Burmah, ranging southwards into Pegu, being very 

 common in these countries. 



a. Ad. sk. Upper Burmah. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Upper Burmah (Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. Upper Burmah. W. T. Bhmford, Esq. [P.]. 

 f. cS ad. sk. Bbamau, Upper Baiiiiab, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



Feb. 6, 1868. 

 a. 2 ad. sk. Palow, Upper Pegu, E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



March 13, 1873. 



