21, POMATOEHTNUS. 417 



of upper mandible ; legs olivaceous slate; iris dark reddish brown " 

 (Butler). Total length 8-8 inches, culmcn 1-25, wing 3-7, tail 3-8, 

 tarsus 1"3. 



Ohs. The t3^pes of P. horsfield'd of Sykes appear to me to belong 

 to the pale race (P. ohscurus, Hume), in which case the dark Tra- 

 vancore birds would require a new name. The typical specimens, 

 however, are so faded from long exposure to the light that I do 

 not like to refer them positively to the pale form. 



05s. Although Mr. Hume has separated this species as distinct 

 from P. liorsjieldii, I cannot see that it is any thing more than a 

 race ; and occasionally specimens come so close to the typical P. hors- 

 field'd that it is difficult to find any ground for separating them. 

 The Travancore specimens of the latter vary almost as much in the 

 direction of a dark race as P. ohscurus does towards a light one. 



Hah. Replaces the foregoing species in South-western India, 

 ranging from the neighbourhood of Khandala as far northwards as 

 Mount Aboo. 



a, b. Ad. sk. [S.W. India.] T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. [S.W. India (Jerdon).'] Gould Collection. 



d. (S ad. sk. Matheran, Bombay, Jan. 21, Major Hayes Lloyd [P.]. 



1872. 



6. Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps. 



Pomatorbinus ochraceiceps, Tf'cdden, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 

 xii. p. 487 (1873) ; id. in Bh/tJis B. Burm. p. 113 (1875); Hume, 

 Str. F. 1875, p. 282 ; Wardlaw Banisai/, Ibis, 1877 , p. 46o,pl. xiii. ; 

 id. Ibis, 1878, p. 136 ; Hume S,' Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 281 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 96 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. p. 73 (1883). 



Adult male (Karen-nee, March 187-1 ; R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay). 

 General colour above bright ochraceous brown, richer and inclining 

 to reddish ochre on the head and nape ; wing-coverts like the back ; 

 quills dusky brown, externally reddish ochre ; tail-feathers dark 

 brown, with dusky cross bars under certain lights, washed on the 

 outer webs with olive-brown, the centre feathers almost entirely of 

 the latter colour ; a distinct white eyebrow extending from the base 

 of the ))iU to the sides of the nape ; lores and extreme base of fore- 

 head, feathers around and below the eye black, extending onto the 

 foro part of the ear-coverts, which are otherwise chestnut-brown ; 

 cheeks and under surface of the body white ; the sides of the breast 

 and flanks, as well as the thighs, hght ochraceous brown ; under 

 tail-coverts olive-brown ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale 

 reddish ; edge of the wing ashy grey ; lower series of wing-coverts 

 more dusky ; quills dusky brown below, light rufous along the 

 inner web ; " bill coral-red, with a considerable tinge of orange ; 

 legs greenish ; iris pale straw-yellow " (II. G. Wardlaw Eamsai/). 

 Total length 9-u inches, culmcn 1-45, wing 3-(i, tail 4-4, tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but a little lighter on the 

 back ; " legs, feet, and claws pale dingy green or greenish brown ; 



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