28. DRYONASTES. 459 



being pale fulvous, washed with ashy on the chest and deepening to- 

 wards the vent and thighs, which, wifch the lower flanks and under 

 tail-coverts, are tawny buft'; under wing-coverts pale tawny buff; 

 quills brown below, fulvesccnt along the margin of the inner web ; 

 "bill brown, horn-coloured at tip; feet greyish; iris rufous-brown" 

 {David). Total length 12 inches, culmeu 1-1, wing o-OS, tail 5'6, 

 tarsus 1"65. 



Adult female. Rather brighter than the male in colour, but other- 

 wise similar. Total length 12'5 inches, wing 5"1, tail 6"1, tarsus 

 1"G5. (Mas. R. G. Wanllaiv Ramsay.) 



Youw/. Similar to the adult but duller in colour, and the head not 

 so ashy but inclining to brown ; the plumage more fluffy, especially 

 on the under tail-coverts, which are shorter than in the old bird. 



ffab. South China. Siam. 



«. 2 ad. sk. Shanghai, March 9, 1876. R.-B. Sharps, Esq, [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. China. Gould Collection. 



e,f. Ad. sk, Folden, China. Gould Collection. 



r/. Ad. sk. Amoy, China, April {R. Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



S^vinhoe). 



h. $ ad. sk. Chusan, May, \Sm{Capt. Mrs. Ince [P.]. 



Ince). 



i. Ad. sk. Siam {Finlayson). India Museum. 



7. Dryonastes sannio. 



Garrulax sannio, Sivinh. Ihis, 1867, p. 403 ; Gray, Hancl-l. B. i. 



p. 282, no. 4163 (1869) ; Swinli. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 371 ; David Sj- 



Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 192 (1877) ; Anders. Zool. Exp, West Yunnan, 



p. 627 (1878) ; mime, Str. F. 1879, p. 96. 

 Garrulax alhosuperciliaris, Godtvi7i- Austen, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 45 ; id. 



J. A. S. Peng, xliii. pt. 2, p. 161, pi. vi. (1874); Hume, Str. F. 



1875, p. 393 ; Godivin-Austen, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xvii. 



p. 34 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. 1876, p. 602. 



Adiclt. General colour above dull olivaceous brown ; the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; the primary-coverts rather more dusky brown ; 

 quills light brown, externally olivaceous brown like the back ; centre 

 tail-feathers rufous-brown, the remainder rufous-brown, inclining to 

 dusky blackish towards the ends of the inner webs, all transversely 

 barred with dusky under certain lights ; crown of head chestnut- 

 brown ; the hind neck slightly rufesceut brown with dusky shaft- 

 streaks, evidences of which are seen on the feathers of the back ; 

 nasal plumes blackish ; a conspicuous loral spot, as well as a broad 

 band below the eye along the sides of the face, yellowish white ; 

 above the ear-coverts an eyebrow of purer white ; ear-covorts dark 

 chestnut-brown ; the cheeks and throat lighter chestnut-brown ; 

 centre of body pale ochraceous buff ; the sides of the breast and 

 flanks ashy olive-brown, relieved by a tuft of fawn-coloured feathers 

 on each side of the lower back ; thighs olivaceous brown ; under 

 tail-coverts deep fawn-colour ; under wing-coverts light yellowish 



