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TIJIELIIDJ:. 



feathers ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light rufous-bnff ; qnills 

 dusky brown below, fulvoscent along the edge of the inner web ; 

 " bill black, the inside of the mouth greenish yellow ; legs and feet 

 plumbeous brown, the claws dusky horny, posterior part of tarsus 

 bluish ; eyelid plumbeous ; iris white " ( IF. V. Le_'/ge). Total 

 length 10 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-2, tail 4, tarsus 1-.3. 



Younr/. Iris dull grej% with a dark outer circle: bill Idack, the 

 gape and base of lower mandible yellowish ; eyelid greenish yellow ; 

 legs and feet olivaceous brown, soles yellowish fleshj'^, claws ye\- 

 lowish brown ; forehead and head as in the adult, the nasal plumes 

 dark, and the grej' of the crown not continued so far back ; the 

 back is deeper rufous than in the adult, and the wing-coverts likewise 

 are more intense ; chin not so white, and the throat and under 

 surface more fulvescent. In the Jirst jjlwnage the feathers of the 

 chest and breast are fluffy. This dress appears to be quickly put 

 off; and in the next or yearlinri plumage the iris is pearly grej% or in 

 some white with a tinge of reddish ; gape and eyelid yellow ; legs 

 and feet bluish brown. There is scarcely anj^ perceptible difference 

 in the grey of the occiput; but the fore neck is paler and more 

 fulvescent. ( TF. V. Legge.) 



Hah. Peculiar to the island of Ceylon, where it occurs up to an 

 elevation of 3500 feet in humid and inaccessible jungles. It seems 

 only to be found in the central province, as, according to Legge, it 

 is not known from the jiingles of the south-eastern, eastern, or 

 northern divisions of the island. 



a. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Hugh Cuming. Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Dusiwella, Cevlou, Dec. 19, Marquis of Tweeddale 



1865 {Chapman). [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Ceylon. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



16. Garrulax ruflfrons. 



Qj-AmxX-As. ^uM^ons, Less, in Belang. J'oi/. Inch, p. 26, pi. 5 (1834); 



id. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 163 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 225 (1846); Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 371 (1850) ; Cab. in JErsch S,- Gruber, Alh/. Encyd. 



Baud 55, p. 61 (1852) ; Grarj, Iland-l. B. i. p. 281, no_. 4160. 

 (yrateropus rufifrons, Sivains. An. in Menag. p. 290 (1837). 

 Pterocyclus rufifrons, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 226 (1846). 



Adult male. General colour- above dark olive-brown, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills dark brown, showing the rufous bases 

 when spread, the outer margins narrowly edged with olive-brown, 

 the innermost secondaries entirely of the latter colour ; tail-feathers 

 brown with olive-brown margins ; head and neck rather lighter 

 olive- brown than the back, and having a slight shade of ashy brown ; 

 forehead, lores, feathers extending above and below the fore part 

 of the eye, a spot at the base of the under mandible and another on 

 the chin, chestnut; ear-coverts and sides of face light ashy brown ; 

 a faintly indicated greyish shade over the eyebrow, not sufficient 

 to form an eyebrow ; throat pale whity brown, slightly washed with 



