23. UAKKULAX. 447 



GaiTulax palliatiis, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p, •26-1, no. 4102 (1869) ; 



Salcdd. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 230 (1879) ; Nicholson, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 61. 

 Garrulax poliocephalus, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 171 {tiec BIyth, Ibis, 



186,5, p. 46). 

 Garrulax freuatus, Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civic. Gcnor. xiv. p. 230 (1879). 



Adult. General coioiir above chestnut-brown, rather more oliva- 

 ceous towards the back and rump ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 bastard-wing feathers and primarj'-coverts dusky brown, slightly 

 washed with ashy ; quills blackish brown, reddish brown on the 

 outer web ; the primaries more narrowly margined than the secon- 

 daries ; tail blackish brown, margined with rufous-brown ; crown 

 of head and hind neck slaty grey, extending a little onto the mantle ; 

 nasal plumes, lores, feathers in front of and below the eye, fore part 

 of checks, and chin black ; remainder of checks, ear-coverts, sides of 

 neck, throat, and breast dark slaty grey ; remainder of the under 

 surface reddish brown, including the thighs and under tail-coverts ; 

 tlie abdomen washed with slate-colour ; under wing-coverts dusky 

 brown washed with rufous ; quills below dusky brown, inclining to 

 ashy along the margin of the inner web ; " bill, legs, and feet 

 black ; iridcs dark mahogany-red : skin below the eye blue with 

 white streaks " (H. 0. Forbes). Total length 9-7 inches, culmeu 1-1, 

 wing 4-G-1, tail 4-5, tarsus 1-75. 



A pair procured by Mr. Forbes in Sumatra, and lent to mc by 

 Mr. F. Nicholson, measure : — 



Total 

 lentrtli. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. in. 



d . Iloedjoung . . lO'O 1-15 5-0 4-6 1-75 



2 . Iloedjoeng . . lO'O 1-0 5-1 4-75 17 

 Ilab. Sumatra. 



(t. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



b. Ad. .sk. Sumatra (C i)W/i;). Capt. K. G. Wardlaw Eami-ay. 



15. Garrulax cinereifrons, 



Garrulax cinereifrons, Blyf/i, J. A. S. Bern/, xx. p, 176 (18,51) ; 



pi. xxii. fig. 2 (1879). 



Adult. General colour above rufous-brown, the wing-coverts like 

 tlic back, the ones near the carpal bend of the wing edged with 

 ashy grey ; quills dark brown, externally rufous-brown, the \m~ 

 marics paler, the innermost secondaries almost entirely rufous- 

 brown ; tail-feathers dark brown, washed with rufous-brown near 

 the base ; bead and nape grey, as also the lores, sides of face, and 

 car-coverts ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body light rufous- 

 buff, paler on the abdomen, the cheeks and chin slightly washed 

 with grey ; sides of body darker rufous-brown, also the thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts light rulous- brown, with fulvous bases to the 



