404 TiMF.i.iii).*:. 



ashy brown : lesser and median wing-coverts blackish, washed with 

 ashy brown, the greater covertt' bhiish grey tipped with black, and 

 white at the base, forming a bar across the wing ; primary-coverts 

 blue-black; quills blackish, externally bluish grey, paler on the 

 outer webs of the primaries ; inner secondaries chestuut-rufous, 

 externally rather broadly margined with bluish grey ; lower back, 

 rump, and iipper tail-coverts chestnut-red ; tail-feathers black, 

 broadly tipped with dull bluish grey, the centre feathers rufous- 

 brown, with a broad subterminal band of black before a broad grey 

 band ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of face black ; malar line and 

 base of chin white : under surface of body rufous, including tho 

 thighs and under tail-coverts ; the centre of the abdomen fulvescent ; 

 under wing-coverts like the breast ; quills blackish below, ashy 

 along the margin of the inner web ; " bill black ; legs yellowish 

 brown ; iris brown " (Jerdon). Total length 7"7 inches, culmen 

 0-95, wing 3-45, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-1. 



Obs. In N.W. India the birds are much paler than Nepal or 

 Bootan specimens, especially on the hinder neck, and the ear- 

 coverts are browner black than the head. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



cJ . Bootan (Pemherfon) . 

 2 . Nepal {Scull}/) ..... 



Young. Differs from the adult in being more dingy in colour 

 and in having the head less glossy black, the white bar on the 

 wiug less distinct and washed with rufous, and the back rufous, a 

 little duller than the neck and rump, and not showing a distinct 

 mantle-patch as in the adults. 



Hab. Himalayas from Cashmere to Bootan. 



a. Ad. sk. [N.W. Himalayas.] 



b. Ad. sk. Cashmere (Bellew). India Museum. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Murree. Major J. Biddulph [C.]. 



d. e, f. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Kumaon {Strachey). India Aluseum. 



h, i, k. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of S. niffriceps.) 



I Ad. sk. Nepal (Hock/son). India Museum. 



in. 2 jiiv. sk. Vallev of Nepal, July 29, Dr. Scully [P.]. 



1S77. 



n. 2 i^d. sk. Valley of Nepal, Dec. 11, Dr. Scully [P.]. 



1877. 



o Vd. sk. Vallev of Nepal, Feb. 14, Dr. Scully [P.]. 



1878. 



p. cJ ad. sk, Khatu, May 17, 1875. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.l. 



q, i: \d. sk. Darjiling (Manclelli). 11. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



s, /. c? ad. sk. Bootan (Pemherton). India Museum. 



