29. ACTINODURA. 463 



29. ACTINODURA. ^ 



Type. 



Actinodura, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 17 A. egertoni. 



Leiocincla, B/i/th, J. A. S. Benr/. xii. p. 953 (1843). 



Ixops, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844) .... A. nipalensis. 



Bill of Actinodura nipal&)isis. 



Ranije. Himalayas, extending into the hills of Assam, N.E. 

 Bengal, and Burmah. 



Key to the Species. 



a. A black spot ou the wing formed by the black pri- 

 mary-coverts ; ear-coverts ashy or fulvescent 

 brown. 

 a'. Throat rufescent or fulvous. 



a". BiU yellow; chin and forehead chestnut, con- 

 trasting with the ashy-brown head and neck egertoni, p. 463. 

 h" . BUI dark horn-brown or dusky ; no chestnut 

 contrast on the chin and forehead, which are 

 sandy buff or brown, 

 ft'". Crown of head uniform; forehead sandy 



bufl"; back olive-brown ramsayi, p. 464. 



b'" . Crown of head streaked, the feathers dusky 

 brown with ashy whitish edges ; back 



rufous timldeni, p. 465. 



h'. Throat ashy or hoary whitish. 



c". Feathers of crowu mesially streaked with 



paler brown nipalensis, p. 466, 



d". Feathers of crown imiform, without pale 



mesial streaks dajlaensis, p. 467. 



h. No black spot on the wing; ear-coverts black; 



throat white oylei, p. 467. 



1. Actinodura egertoni. 



Actinodura egertoui, Gould, I\ Z. 8. 1836, p. 18 ; Hodgs. Icon. ined. 

 in Brit. Mus., App. pi. 82 (no. 882) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 226 

 (1846); id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodqs. p. 84 (1846); 

 Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 40 (1849) ; Blyth,Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 98 

 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 373 (1850) ; Ilorsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. 31ns. i. p. 212 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. li. p. 52 (1863) ; Gould, 

 B. Asia, part xviii. (1866) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 283, no. 4195 

 (1869) ; Godwin- Anste7i, J. A. S. Bent/, xxxix. p. 105 (1870), xlv. 

 p. 76 (1876) ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 308 ; Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. 

 B. p. 266 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 153, 1879, p. 97. 



Leiociucla plumosa, Blyfh, J. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 953 (1843), xiv. 

 p. 600 (1S4.J). 



Actiuodma rufifrous, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 24. 



Adult. General colour above fulvous-browu ; wing-coverts bav, 



