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TIMELIID.E. 



tending above the lores from the base of the forehead to above the 

 eye ; ear-coverts olive-brown like the upper surface ; cheeks and 

 throat white ; a spot at base of chin black ; fore neck and chest 

 olive-brown, dividing the white throat from the rest of the under 

 surface, which is bright orange-rufous ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries light orange-rufous ; quills aslij- brown below, lighter ashy 

 along the margin of the inner web ; " bill horny black, brownish at 

 tip ; gape and orbital skin plumbeous ; feet pale leaden grey, claws 

 pale horny; iris bluish white" (Scully); "orbital skin greenish" 

 (Jerdon). Total length 11-5 inches, culmen l-i!5, wing 5"4, tail 5-8, 

 tarsus 1-8. 



The sexes do not appear to differ in colour ; but the female is 

 a little smaller. A pair presented by Dr. Scully measure as 

 follows : — 



Totiil 



length. 



in. 



ff. c?. Nepal vallev. . 11 '0 



b. 5. Nepal valley. . lO-o 



Culmeu. 



l-Oo 

 11 



Wing. 



5'05 

 4-4.J 



Tail. 



4-9 



Tarsus. 



1-7.: 



1-7 



Youmj. Similarly coloured to the adult, but everywhere much 

 paler, and the whole plumage more fluffy. The olive-brown chest- 

 band not very distinct, the feathers being white with olive-brown 

 tips. 



Specimens from all parts of the Himalayas appear to be identical ; 

 but some of the N^cpal skins have the chest-band rather more ashy 

 brown than those from other localities. 



Hah. Himalayas from Cashmere to Eootan, at an elevation of 

 about GOOO feet, extending to the wooded mountains which separate 

 Szechuen from Thibet and Kokonoor. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/. S ; (/, h. 2 ad- sk. 



i. Ad. sk. 



k, /. cJ ? ad sk. 



■m,n,o. Ad. ; p. Juv. Nepal. 



q. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. st. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 



Cashmere. 

 N.W. Himalayas. 



Murree. 



Eamgurh, May {A. An- 



defson), 

 Kumaou (Strachey). 

 Valley of Nepal. 



Nepal (Ilodffson). 



Nepal. 



Darjiling (Jerdon). 



Darjiliug {Pearson). 

 Bootan [Pembeiion). 



E. M. Langworthy, Esq. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Piuwill 



[P.-J. 

 Col. Way [P.]. 

 Henry Seebohm,Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



Dr. Scullv [P.]. 



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



India Museum. 



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



C. Bvgrave Wharton, E.sq. 

 [P.]. 



India Museum. 

 India Museum. 



