422 



a. Ad. sk. 



TIMELIID^. 



Purchased. 



J. R. Elsey,Esq. [P.]. 



J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



Cliainpion Bay, W. Aus- 

 tralia. 

 b, c, c? $ ad. sk. Depot, Victoria river, Dec. 

 1855. 



d. cJ ad. sk. N.W. Australia, Jan. 14, 



1856. 



e. d ad. sk. N.W. Australia, Oct. 16, J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



1856. 

 /. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



g. Ad. st. Port Essiiigtori. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



h,i. Ad.sk. N. Australia (/. 7". CocA-ere^O- ^- D. Godman and 0. 



Sahin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



12. Pomatorhinus ferruginosus. 



Pomatorhinus ferruginosus, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mtis., Passeres, 

 App. pi. 92 (no. 967) ; Bbjth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 597 (1845) ; 

 id. op. cit. xvi. p. 452 (1847) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 146 

 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 220 (1854); Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 29 

 (1803) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4090 (1869) ; Wardlaw 

 Mamsay, Ibis, 1878, p. 134, pi. iv. fig. 1 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, 

 p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 288. 



Pomatorhinus rubiginosus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 273 

 (1855). 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown ; wingr-coverts like 

 the back ; quills brown on the inner web, dull reddish brown exter- 

 nally ; tail-feathers light brown, with dusky bars under certain 

 lights, and washed with olive-brown on the edges ; crown of head 

 and nape black, relieved by a broad white eyebrow extending to the 

 sides of the nape, and ornamented above the lores by a tuft of 

 chestnut-tipped plumes; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear- 

 coverts black : cheeks, chin, and upper throa^ white : lower throat, 

 fore neck, and chest bright orange-chestnut, fading-off paler in the 

 centre of the breast; sides of body, abdomen, thighs, and iinder tail- 

 coverts olivaceous brown slightly tinged with rufous ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries olive-brown ; quills dusky brown below, pale 

 rufous along the margin of the inner web ; " bill coral-red ; legs 

 greenish brown; iris red-brown " (Jerdon). Totalleugth 7*5 inches, 

 culmen 1"2, wing 3"4, tail 3'7, tarsus 1"35. 



Hub. Eastern Himalayas. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



f. Ad. sk. 



Darjiling. 



Darjiling. 



Native Sikhim {Mandelli). 



Native SiHiim {Mandelli) . 



Nepal. 



Gould Collection. 

 A. 0. llurne, Esq. 



A. 0. Hume, Esq. 



H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



13. Pomatorhinus pliayrii. 



Pomatorhinus phayrii, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 452 (1847) ; id. 

 Cat. B. 3Ius. As. Soc. p.' 146 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 220 (1850) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4102 (1869) ; Godioin- Austen, J. 

 A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 103 (1870) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 301 ; Ward- 



