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22. XIPHORHAMPHUS. 



Type. 

 Xiphorli3'nclius, Blyth, J. A. S. Bctir/. xi. p. 175 (1842, 



nee Siuainson) X. superciliaris. 



Xiphorhaniphus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 947 



(1843) X. superciliaris. 



llanr/e. Eastern Himalayas. 



1. Xiphorhamphus superciliaris. 



Xiphoiliyuclius superciliaris, Blyth, J. A. S. Bang. xi. p. \l^i (1842). 



Xiphorhamphus superciliaris, Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. xii. p. 947 (1843); 

 id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 147 (1849) ; Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. pi. 49 

 (1849); Hodf/s. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, App. pi. 93 

 (no. 910) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 220 (1856); Rorsf. if Moore, Cat. B. 

 B.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 238 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 33 (1863) ; 

 Hmne, Str. F. 1879, p. 96. 



Pomatorhinus superciliaris, Grarf, Gen. B. i. p. 229 (1846) ; id. 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4105 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above olivaceous brown ; head and sides 

 of face dark slaty grey, rather blacker on the forehead and sides of 

 face : over the eye a superciliary streak of white, composed of 

 white-tipped feathers; wing-coverts ashy brown, the leathers edged 

 narrowly with rufous-brown ; quills dull brown, the primaries 

 externally ashy brown, the secondaries rufous-brown on the outer 

 webs ; tail-feathers dark brown, slightly washed with rufous-brown 

 near the base of the feathers : throat dark ashy grey, slightlj' 

 mottled with white, some of the feathers being edged with whitish ; 

 lower throat and remainder of under surface of body rusty rufous ; 

 under tail-coverts dark ochraceous brown ; thighs dark slaty grey ; 

 under wing-coverts dusky brown slightly washed with rusty, like 

 the breast, the axillaries more strongly washed ; quills du.sky 

 brown below, rufescent along the inner web ; "bill dusky black, 

 plumbeous at tip ; legs leaden brown ; iris red-brown " {Jerdon). 

 Total length 7'4 inches, culmen 2-1, wing 2-9, tail 3-3, tarsus 1-1. 



Jlcdj. Sikhim. 



a. b, c. Ad. sk. Sikhim. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]*. 



d, ('. Ad. .'^k. Sikhim (Hodyson). India Museum. 



/, y. Ad. St. Sikhim. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



* Registered from '• Nepal ; " but the speciiueus probably came from Sikliim. 



