3US ttmkuid.t;. 



i. p. 278 (1850); Gray, Ihuvl-J.B. i. p. 279, no. 4113 (18C9) ; 



SheUey, B. Egypt, p. m, pi. 1 (1872). 

 Argya acacifB, L'ah. Mus. Ilcin. Tli. i. p. 84 (1850). 

 Malacocercus acazire, Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 325 (1870). 

 Malacocercus (Chatarrbaja) acaciai, Blunf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss. 



p. 372 (1870). 



AdnU male. General colour above sandy brown, paler on the 

 lower back and rump, the mantle with a slight shade of ashy- 

 purplish brown ; wing-coverts pale sandy brown ; quills pale earthy 

 brown, externally sandy brown, rather rufous on the primaries, the 

 inner secondaries entirely sandy brown ; tail-feathers light sandy 

 brown, externally lighter sandy colour, the outer feathers decidedly 

 paler on the outer webs and at the tips ; the tail-feathers with 

 dusky cross bars under certain lights; head and neck ashy brown, 

 the feathei's marked with blackish shaft-lines, imparting a streaked 

 appearance, which is less distinct on the hind neck ; forehead 

 washed slightly with hoary grey, the feathers acutely pointed ; lores 

 and feathers below the fore part of the eye dull ashy ; ear-coverts 

 ashy brown or earthy .brown, like the head in shade, and uniform ; 

 cheeks pale ashy ; throat dull white, shading off on the lower part 

 into the fawn-colour of the under surface of the body, the centre of 

 the breast and abdomen being creamy buff; asillaries and under 

 wing- coverts like the breast and sides ; quills pale ashy brown 

 below, light fawn-colour along the inner webs, the lower under 

 wing-coverts being of the same tint ; " bill j-ellowish flesh-colour, 

 darkest on the culmen ; legs pale brown ; iris hazel " (Shelley). 

 Total length 9*5 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-85, tail 5-5, 

 tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. " Bill dusky, 

 paler along edges of mandibles ; legs greenish hoi-ny '" ( W. T. Blan- 

 ford). Total length 10 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3-5, tail 5-2, 

 tarsus 1*2. 



Hub. North-eastern Africa. 



a. S ad. sk. Nubia. 



b. S ad. sk. Nubia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Nubia (.S'. S. Allen). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. 5 ad. sk. Zoulla, Annesley Bay, W. T. Blauford, Esq. [C.]. 



Jan. 7, 1868. 



e. Ad. sk. White Nde, F. Gallon, Esq. [P.]. 



14. Argya malcolmi. 



Timalia malcolmi, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 88 ; id. J. A. S. Beng. iii, 

 p. 530 (1834) ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 257 (1839) ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. i. p. 228 (1846) ; Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 41 (1850). 



Garrulus albifrons, Gray 8f Hardw. III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 36. fig. 1 

 (1834). 



Malacocercus malcolmi, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 369 (1844) ; id. 

 op. cit. xvi. p. 454 (1847) ; Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. text to pi. 19 

 (1847) ; Bli/fh, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 141 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. 

 I p. 373 (1850) ; Ilorsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. F.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 218 

 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 64 (1863) ; Beavan, Bns, 1867, p. 438 ; 



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