458 TIMELIID^. 



like the back ; tlic bastard-wing feathers ■washed with grey ; pri- 

 marj'-covcrts olive-brown ; quiljs sepia-brown, the primaries ex- 

 ternallj' ashy, the secondaries olive-brown like the back ; tail- 

 feathers dull ashy, washed on the margins with olive-brown and 

 blackish at the tip, this black narrowing in extent towards the 

 centre feathers, which are olive-brown for three fourths of their 

 length ; hind neck and sides of the neck rufous-brown, contrasting 

 with the back and extending a little way onto the mantle ; crown 

 of head and nape slaty grey, separated from the black forehead by 

 a narrow band of hoary white formed by lanceolate plumes of this 

 colour ; nasal plumes, lores, feathers in front of and below the eye, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat black ; remainder of under surface 

 from the fore neck downwards rufous-brown, inclining to dark olive- 

 brown on the lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axUlaries 

 dull rufescent brown ; under wing-coverts olive-brown, the lower 

 series sepia-brown like the under surface of the quills, which are 

 lighter brown along the margin of the inner web. Total length 

 9'6 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 4-05, tail 4*5, tarsus 1'6. 

 Hah. Hainan. 



6. Dryonastes perspicillatus. 



Merle de la Chine, Daubent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 604 ; Buff. Hist. Hat. 



Ois. iii. n. 368. 

 Spectacle thrush, Lath. Gen. Sijn. ii. pt. i. p. 61 (1783). 

 Turdus perspicillatus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 830 (^1788, ex Lath.). 

 Garrulax perspicillatus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 948 (1843), xiv. 



p. 598 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 225 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 370 (1850) ; Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B. E.L. Co. Mns. i. p. 204 



(18.54) ; S^vinh. Ibis. 1861, p. 38 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 281, no. 



4154 (1869); Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 371; David ^ Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 191, pi. 52 (1877). 

 Garrulax rugUlatus, Sivinh. Ibis, 1860, pp. 57, 358. 



Adult female. General colour above brown, somewhat more tinged 

 with olive on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts brown ; 

 quills light brown, the secondaries externally like the wing-coverts, 

 the primaries somewhat lighter brown on the outer web ; the two 

 centre tail-feathers earthy brown, the rest light brown, blackish at 

 the tip, this black ending increasing toward the outer feathers, which 

 have only the basal part brown ; head ashy greyish, as also the hind 

 neck and sides of neck, the feathers of which have obsolete dusky 

 tips ; forehead, eyebrow, lores, sides efface, and car-coverts blackish, 

 the latter slightly washed with brown ; streaks and throat dull ashy 

 grey, the rest of the under surface from the fore neck downwards 



